hen you have no one by your side? Or maybe wh

ne spot where you could drown your sorrows in alcohol, cry your hear

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th the fact that, deep down, I wanted to see him. To see someone familiar, someone who could offer me even the slightest sense of co

ything here and pay for it!" I shouted, a small smile tugging at my lips as I pushed my

roze, my eyes widening. My hand ins

t?" I asked, and he chuckled, g

vious, don'

lizing that I was still in my wedding dress. Ah, right, I hadn't bothered to c

the groom cheat?" The bartender joked, but i

rning sensation slid down my throat, but no matter how much I drank, it co

s started to fall. I couldn't hold it in any longer-each tear fell down my cheeks, b

Why, w

ways end up disappointed? Why was I always

my mother's-death. I didn't know the full details, but all I was ever told was that she had d

her death, making sure that I lived

ould have traded your life for hers. But now that you're al

hter as I gripped the glass tight

't mean it," the bartender stammered, his voice filled with panic. I shook m

tly, my voice barely aud

l my empty glass, a firm hand stopped

nizing the familiar cologne before my mind could process it. Wi

Boss

cold voice

ned bartender bow slightly before scurrying away,

urn to know it was Alari

? Shouldn't you be at you

ure straight and composed. He looked like he had stepped straight out

es, and a face that

s thirty six

e away from him to stare at nothing in particu

urprise, he did somethin

ching for my head, his hand strok

ittle anymore. Tell me, why did

ecause my fiancé cheated on me- or because I had chosen to wait until our wed

years older than me. If I told him that

n, I didn't want to

to prove that I wasn't ugly, that I could be wanted if I chose to be. Maybe

tant, but I have a

usement, his sharp gaze pinning

rvously at the nickname he had alway

ant to spend the

blurry, but I didn't need to remember the details to kn