Craig's handsome face darkened, and with a frustrated sigh, he sent her a period, hoping to add her as a friend again and transfer the money to her.

But instead of a prompt to accept the friend request, WhatsApp showed a chilling message:

[Message sent, but rejected by the recipient.]

So, he hadn't been simply deleted; he had been blocked.

It looked like Aurora had made up her mind to cut off all contact with him.

In a way... this was what Craig had wanted to see.

But when he fully realized it, his heart felt like it was being squeezed, causing him physical pain. He even had to clutch at his chest.

Standing frozen for what felt like an eternity, only moving again when daylight started to seep through the windows, Craig finally shuffled back to the bathroom to continue his "regular" life. Shower, sleep, wake up, work for a living.

Maybe at twenty, with youthful ignorance and energy, he could have believed in a chance for something more.

But now at thirty, a high school dropout, what kind of future could he possibly dream of, especially thinking he could share a life with the heiress of the Lopez Corporation?

Felicity had miscalculated, badly.

second round with Miles to last so

passed out, missing

up, it was

she managed to pull herself up from the bed,

her on the pillow

is on the table. Got some business to handle at the company, but I'll be back soon.

Wait for him?

she

in, all she could think about

phone to call an Uber, desperate to get out

as she got dressed and was about to sneak out, she heard the front door

...

front of her, as suave as ever in his black suit and crisply pressed white shirt, his long legs

was this very

the liberty to

as hard as steel, a

"You're leaving?"

her intentions

well... Langston, my mom wants me

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