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I stared blankly at the text, then squeezed my eyes shut, a searing pain twisting my gut. The tears that streamed down my face felt like
blood.
If only things had happened sooner, my mother would still be alive.
But it was all too late.
I gripped my phone tightly, grinding my teeth, hatred flaring in my eyes. I swore to myself–I couldn’t just vanish like this!
Before I left this country, I would make Lucas and Chloe pay!
That same night, Lucas came to the hospital to see me.
After holding me captive for three days and three nights, he had someone open the ward door.
Before he could utter a word, a soft body wrapped around him from the darkness.
Lucas was momentarily stunned. He assumed I had finally surrendered, even reaching for a kiss.
It was true, he hadn’t been intimate with me in a long time. With my rare show of submission, Lucas wasted no time, sweeping me into his arms and carrying me to the bed.
They tangled on the bed for a long time. Lucas drove deep, utterly lost in pleasure, pulling the body in his arms impossibly close.
But suddenly, the sound of many footsteps echoed from outside the door.
Lucas turned his head, annoyed, just as a flurry of camera flashes erupted, stinging his eyes with blinding light.
“Holy hell, Mrs. Thorne’s intel before her flight was actually true!”
“Mr. Thorne actually cheated on his wife!”
“He’s sleeping with Chloe, the Vance heiress, right now! This bombshell is definitely going to hit the top of the trending lists!”
Snap! Snap!
Cameras flashed incessantly, capturing every detail as Lucas’s gaze snapped down at the woman beneath him. It was Chloe! Reporters‘ photos instantly flooded the internet, blowing Lucas’s cheating scandal wide open for the entire world to see.
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