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Chapter 019
“Derek, I know exactly what’s been bothering you.” Erin lifted one hand and hooked a slender finger beneath his chin. “Since you came to my rescue tonight, I’ll give you what you want. Mike is at the house, so I won’t go back. I’ll sleep at the office instead. You happy now?” Derek instinctively took a half-step back. For a moment, something twisted painfully inside his chest. So she had always known. She had known what bothered him. She had known how deeply her closeness with other men hurt him. She had known how many nights he spent waiting, wondering, and swallowing his humiliation. She simply had not cared. Not when he still loved her. Only now, when he had stopped hoping, did she finally offer him a fraction of what he had begged for all those years. Too late, Erin. Far too late. A person who only learned to cherish something after losing it had never deserved it in the first place. “You should go home. Sleeping at the office can’t be comfortable.” Derek said calmly,
Chapter 018
The corridor seemed to swallow them whole, silent but for the wet slap of Derek’s shoes and Erin’s ragged breathing.She sagged against his chest, one arm looped tight around his neck as if she feared the ground might reach up and drag her away.Every jarring step sent pain shooting through her ribs, yet it also pressed her closer to him, into the warmth of his body and the steady, familiar rhythm of his heart.“Derek...” she murmured. “I knew it. I knew you would come to see me.”Her voice was soft, almost relieved.Derek looked down at her flawless face, flushed from alcohol and pain.He felt nothing.No joy. No tenderness. Not even the anger that had once burned inside him.They crossed the parking lot toward Erin’s car. City lights shimmered through the rain, smearing the world beyond them into a watercolor of neon and mist.Derek opened the passenger door and carefully helped her inside, taking care not to touch the bruises along her ribs.Then he straightened and turned away.Bef
Chapter 017
The scar-faced man staggered back several steps before finally wrenching his wrist free.He clutched the joint against his chest. The skin was already swelling, dark purple spreading beneath it as pain forced him to bend at the waist.When he looked up at Derek again, the arrogance in his eyes had vanished.Who was this man?That grip had felt like an industrial clamp. Derek had barely twisted his hand, yet the pain had nearly driven him to his knees.Derek did not pursue him.He simply lowered himself onto one knee beside Erin and gently swept a strand of disheveled hair from her face.Her cheek was swollen. Red fingerprints stood out against her pale skin, and blood stained the corner of her mouth. The proud, untouchable woman he had once married now lay crumpled on the floor like a butterfly crushed beneath someone’s shoe.Something faint moved behind his calm eyes. Not love, not anger, but something closer to a weary sigh.The final echo of a marriage that should have ended long a
Chapter 016
The corridor was narrow and poorly lit, the kind of deliberate design choice that made things easier to deny afterward.Two burly men had Erin by the arms, moving her with the unhurried efficiency of people who believed they had time. The music from the main floor muffled now, a dull pulse through the walls.Kitty chased after them, ignoring the pain burning across her swollen cheek and the fear tightening around her chest.“Mrs. Moss! Stop! Don't go in there!” Her voice breaking into sobs.Erin gave no response. She hung between the two men like a puppet with its strings cut, her heels scraping unevenly across the floor.All She wanted was to ruin herself. To take revenge on the man who had dared to say the word "divorce."Before Kitty could enter the corridor, a third man stepped into her path.“Get out of my way!” Kitty took an instinctive step backward. Tears blurred her vision.Suddenly, a notification sounded from her phone.Like a drowning woman clutching at a lifeline, her tre
Chapter 015
Erin reached for a drink that wasn't hers.Nobody said anything about it. That was the thing about rooms like this, certain behaviors passed without comment because comment itself was a kind of boundary, and boundaries were not what this room was built for.Erin emptied the glass.She wasn't counting anymore. The music was loud enough that she could feel it in her sternum, which was useful because it meant she didn't have to feel other things.Derek's message sat in the wreckage of her phone on the table, she couldn't read it anymore but she didn't need to. She had it memorized in the way you memorize things that hit hard enough.*We’re filing for divorce on Monday.*Erin had another drink.All the careful calculations that had occupied her earlier—the divorce settlement, her reputation, the foundation, her political future—had all disappeared beneath the alcohol.What remained was raw, childish, and bitter. She wanted Derek to suffer. She wanted him to see what he had reduced her to
Chapter 014
By the time Erin arrived at U9 Private Karaoke Club, the place was already out of control. Bass thundered through the building, smoke clouded the lights, and the floor stank of spilled liquor and cheap perfume.Erin stepped out red Ferrari, and every nearby gaze immediately shifted toward her.A fitted black bodysuit traced every curve of her figure, its plunging neckline revealing just enough to invite attention. A dangerously short skirt showed off her long, slender legs beneath the flashing lights of the club’s entrance.Erin had always known exactly what effect she had on men. Tonight, she intended to use it.With one arm linked through Mike’s, she entered the club surrounded by a group of wealthy young men who proudly called themselves the city’s elite.Mike could feel the warmth of her body pressed against his arm. His throat moved as he swallowed. A barely concealed desire gradually appeared in his eyes.The group was quickly escorted into U9’s most luxurious private room. Erin
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