HE LOVES ME IN SECRET, HE GAVE ME THE WORLD

t was cool, the breeze gentle as it played with her hair, but the unease inside her felt like a storm. The st

le. But something deep inside Bella wouldn't let her rest. His words hadn't felt right. His voice on the phone had lacked warmth, his l

, clutching her handbag, determined to prov

he turned the handle. The

h flowers from the vase in the hallway. The house was dimly lit, shadows stretching across t

deep breath, and walked into the kitchen. The hum of the refrigerator filled the silence. She grabbed a bottle of wa

's music playing softly in the background.

forcing herself to cling to th

ers trailed the banister, steadying herself as her heart raced faster. The sec

's bedroom door.

ispers. A low,

pped. Her breath ca

red to herself.

as she pushed

e her made her

ose face Bella recognized instantly - Elizabeth. Elizabeth, her so-called friend. Elizabeth, the o

tangled around their legs. The unmistakable ev

d tilted. The air see

Her voice cracke

his face. Elizabeth gasped, but then, almost

itation, as if she were the on

la?" he snapped, his voice co

ep forward, tears alr

y?" she whispered. "W

oom spun. She clapped he

ou said you weren't around tonig

ed down her cheeks. "I could never

e it tore a piece

rritory. And then, deliberately, she leaned in and kiss

id, her voice dripping with malice, "what's next?

him again, running her fingers through his

first. He just sat the

finally muttered, his to

ou tell me why. Why would you do this to me? After everyth

flung off the sheets and stormed toward her

ith a painful thud. The cold marble bit into he

son roared, his voice thu

sobs. The man she had loved with all her h

impered, her voic

wild with fury. "Or I swear

back against the pillows, s

he spat, roll

She rose slowly, refusing to let them see h

l leave. But remember this, Jason. You started thi

t Elizabeth couldn't

hut the door on yo

d. "It's bet

k at Jason - the man who had shattered her trust, crushed her heart. She ste

et this," sh

en she

icked shut

k into bed withou

lizabeth purred, str

ose, burying his

up at the night sky, tears falling silently. Bu

nly the