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y phone to call Isabel. Isabel p

as that of irritation. "To get Connor

ned to the heartless voice of my best friend. "You know the truth. You k

laugh on the other

you that dense to think that Connor i

I'm very sure.

ghed. "Alright, tell me what you remem

g my boss' party– Rowan Ni

t else do y

but I kept coming up at blanks, but I could vivid

ing, but I know that Conno

ll. "You think the man you slept wit

course, it was Connor! I know I was a little drunk, but I'm certain I

ed Connor for years now, and you don'

ou trying to

throughout the whole night, and I w

a thick explosion in my ears, and I

"You've been keeping your body from him

curse at Isabel. "You thief! You snatched him from me! I thought you were my best frien

have no will of their own, Lara. Not Connor. Conn

ut.

e bouncers in the club. You see..." Isabel's voice got lower. "I spiked your drink when you were n

the wall of my room and my feet dragged me down to the fl

nor? Were you that drunk that you don't remember that you

hit me. This couldn't be true. "That's not true..." My voice was filled with

o decipher?" Isabel replied nonchala

. "You stood up for me when I told

. "If I acted any different, Connor would just think I'm just like the other girls. I had

d not understand why this was happening to m

t. I hope you're done packing the little things that belong to you because I am coming for the house with

dives

he mocking tone did not escape my ears. "I'm taking everything from you one by one until y

life. You were my best friend. I told you the deepest things about me and I..." I started choking on my tears as I spok

n my best mood for him, and I don't want thoughts about you muddling with my mind." She paused for a few seconds before she continued. "And the reason I hate you? Well,

y voice deepened in agony as the tears streamed down her eyes in tor

, who will believe you? Connor? The press? Who will? I would easily turn tables on you, Lara"

" I tried to retort weakly,

is was one of them. Isabel could turn everyone agains

night,

eyes, and I remembered the earlier conversation I had with Rowan Nightshade. Those deep brown eye

dren didn't even

destroyed both by Isabe