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LET THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR
CHAPTER 55 — LET THE WHOLE WORLD HEARI stood there now, staring at the girl in the mirror — the one who tried to convince herself she was over it. My throat tightened as I whispered, “He was supposed to see me tonight.”I gritted my teeth and kicked off my heels, sending one flying under the bed. “He thinks he can walk away and I’ll just—what? Sit here and cry? Not a chance.”But my voice shook. The lie trembled.Because truth was — I’d already been crying long before he walked out tonight. I’d been crying the day he stopped fighting for us.A knock came on my door, soft at first, then firmer.“Lola,” my mother’s voice called. “Can we come in?”“No,” I snapped too quickly.“Please, sweetheart.”“I said no!” I shouted. The silence that followed told me they’d backed off, at least for now.I pressed my forehead against the mirror and whispered, “He was mine first.”The words broke something in me.He was mine when Joyce didn’t care about him. When he was still that reckless, brilliant
MINE FIRST
CHAPTER 54 MINE FIRSTThe silence that followed was unbearable.Even the clock on the wall seemed too afraid to tick.Then Lola laughed — brittle, shaky, wrong. “Wow. That’s… quite the rejection.”She turned slightly, smoothing her dress with trembling fingers, pretending composure. “You should’ve just said you weren’t into brunettes.”“Don’t do that,” Patrick said sharply.“Do what?” she shot back. “Pretend it doesn’t sting?”Her voice cracked, but she lifted her chin, masking it with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “You always did prefer breaking hearts over holding them.”Patrick didn’t answer. He grabbed his coat and moved toward the door.“Leaving again?” she asked bitterly.“Always,” he said without looking back.The door slammed behind him, the echo slicing through what was left of her pride.Mrs. Arizona rushed forward. “Lola, what were you thinking—”“Don’t,” Lola whispered, voice trembling. “Don’t pity me.”Her father’s tone softened. “You embarrassed yourself.”She turn
THE REJECTION
CHAPTER 53 – THE REJECTION“Then marry me.”The words cut through the room like glass.Silence followed — not the peaceful kind, but the sharp, choking kind that made the air taste heavy. Patrick’s brows twitched. His grip on his coat loosened slightly, like he hadn’t just heard what she said, or maybe he was hoping he didn’t.Patrick blinked, certain he’d misheard. “What?”She smiled — that same calm, maddening smile. “You heard me. Marry me.” Mrs. Arizona gasped first. “Lola!”Her father shot up from his chair, voice trembling with anger. “Have you completely lost your mind?”But Lola didn’t flinch. Her gaze was locked on Patrick — steady, daring, unashamed. She looked like a storm dressed in velvet, her confidence almost reckless.Patrick blinked once, slowly. “You can’t be serious.”“Oh, but I am,” she said, her lips curving into a soft, dangerous smile. “Dead serious.”Her mother’s hand clutched her chest. “This isn’t funny, Lola. You can’t—”“Why not?” she interrupted. “Joyce i
LOLA'S PROPOSAL
CHAPTER 52 – LOLA’S PROPOSALThe air shifted the moment she stepped in.Lola Arizona leaned casually against the doorframe, one manicured hand still resting on the polished handle, her smile too calm for the chaos in the room. Her black curls framed her sharp cheekbones like a movie scene — perfect, deliberate, dangerous.“Well,” she said, her tone dripping with amusement, “seems I walked into the wrong kind of storm.”Patrick froze. His grip on the coat tightened, the muscles in his jaw flexing.“Lola,” Mrs. Arizona breathed, visibly relieved. “Where have you been?”“Trying to get home before the apocalypse,” she replied sweetly, eyes darting between her parents and Patrick. “But clearly, it already hit.”Mr. Arizona groaned, dragging a hand over his face. “Not now, Lola.”“Oh, come on, Father.” She walked further in, heels clicking on marble, voice soft yet deliberate. “You two are yelling loud enough for the neighbors to write about it. You might as well tell me what’s happening.”
THE CONFRONTATION
CHAPTER 51 — THE CONFRONTATIONThe Arizona estate was too quiet for the kind of storm that was about to hit it.The gates had barely finished opening when Patrick’s car shot through the driveway like a black bullet. He didn’t even wait for the driver to park properly — he swung open the door, slammed it shut, and started walking fast. His steps were hard, sharp, and loud enough to echo through the marble porch.The guard at the door barely had time to stammer a greeting before Patrick pushed past him. He didn’t need an invitation. Not today.Mr. Arizona was in his study, a mug of half-cold coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other, when the door burst open.“Patrick?” He blinked, startled. “What on earth—”Patrick didn’t answer. He stood there in the doorway, chest heaving, jaw locked tight. His tie hung loose, his hair slightly disheveled — but the look in his eyes was lethal.“What happened?” Mr. Arizona asked again, setting the cup down carefully.Patrick’s voice came o
THE CALL
CHAPTER 50— THE CALLI froze.Shocked right out of my breath.It wasn’t like I wasn’t expecting his call. I just didn’t expect it to come like this — out of nowhere… or rather slicing through something that could have changed everything.My phone buzzed against the couch cushion, and for a moment, I couldn’t even move to pick it up. The name glowing on the screen felt like a ghost I wasn’t ready to see.Dad.Kelvin looked up from where he sat across the room, one eyebrow raised. “You gonna answer that?”I swallowed hard. My throat was suddenly too dry. “It’s… my dad.”Something flickered in his eyes — understanding, maybe. Or pity. I couldn’t tell, and I didn’t want to.He leaned forward a little, elbows resting on his knees. “Joyce, I think you should talk to him.”“Yeah,” I whispered, staring at the phone like it might explode in my hands. “I just… I don’t know what to say.”The ringing stopped. My stomach dropped. And before I could even breathe again, it started ringing a second t
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