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e doing something for myself again. No work. No responsibilities. No boyfriends. Just me and my best friend, living l

d my arm, her eyes bright with misc

fect. We'd explored the breathtaking sights of Santorini, wandered through Oia's

en hues of sunset. Dinner was spent on a patio overlooking the ocean, the salty breeze mixing with the

lipstick across my lips. She stepped back, admiring he

Billie?

oss the walls, shadows shifting with every beat of the music. Billie led the way to the bar, where a barely-dressed blonde

two," Bil

y slipping away with every sip of alcohol. It was reckless and e

phone

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shoved my ph

swiped to the next photo, her expression darkening. "Oh

that stole my breath. "I leave for three days, and he buries his dick in so

cheating for

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led sh

cking fights over nothi

ghtened. "Don't waste your

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dance floor, forcing me to lose myself in the music. I danced

llie grabbed my wrist whe

ir. I'll

inside me. Seven years. Seven years of my life, wasted on a man who never valued me. We were

pretty

he shadows, thick wit

but my heels slowed me down. Before I coul

something sol

ensive cologne mixed with the crisp night air. I barely h

orld

e pounded behind my eyes. My body felt heavy, slug

e. A glass of water and a pill sat on the bedside t

at

mach t

e message, I swal

t panic crept in when I stumbled t

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nst it. "Hey!

le

d back, my mind racing. How

yelled but

r. When I woke again, the sound of t

tray of food."Eat," he grunted, setting

you? Where am I? Wh

ou need to know yet. The bos

ch clenched. "Who th

ing out and locking

I needed to get out. Fast.M

ther, tying one end to the bedpost before tossing the

s my fingers burned from the friction. H

urtyard. One of them knelt,

ang.A

s the man collapsed, lif

the hotel. But unlike when we met at the Hotel suite or the bar when he helped me from that p

sight of blood in front of me but it was effortless. I gav

ng into him. Was he

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what was happening, t

ess t