The Price For Lying In the hospital ward, Nicole exhaled in relief when the doctor informed her that her father was no longer in immediate danger.

Even though her own life was a tangled web, she pushed aside her worries to be at her father’s bedside.

Every time she looked at his gray hair, Nicole hated herself even more.

Her father was so old yet he still paid for her mistakes.

Nicole had messed up big time when she hired a guy to rile up Jarrod.

But Jarrod was getting married in ten days.

Why was he still toying with her? Did he want to keep her on the side like some sort of twisted love trophy even after he got married? This thought made Nicole sick.

Falling head over heels for a scumbag like Jarrod was the biggest mistake she had ever made in her life.

Once the good news about her dad sunk in, Nicole started feeling a wave of exhaustion.

But then, a sudden chill raced down her spine.

Before she knew it, she felt a hand grab her waist and pull her onto a man's lap.

When she saw who he was, her eyes widened and her hair stood on its end.

Jarrod's eyes narrowed when he saw the fear widening Nicole’s eyes.

She was terrified of him.

And, for some reason, this very much pleased him.

"Why are you here?” Nicole asked in a trembling voice.

Jarrod sneered and let his fingers trace her face.

"What can't I be here, honey?” In days gone by, Jarrod would smile at her in the most endearing way, like the sun breaking through the clouds.

His face always seemed so warm and inviting.

Now, however, a scar marred his forehead, and his hair had a spiky, rebellious look.

The man sitting before her seemed colder and more sinister as if he had evolved in the worst way possible.

The curve of his lips sent a shiver down her spine.

"Why isn't your dad awake yet?" Jarrod asked, though he did not sound genuinely concerned about her father's well-being.

"What do you want, Jarrod?" Nicole cautiously asked.

lips with his

with you, what else could I possibly want?” His words might have been flippant, but Nicole felt anything

more shameless Jarrod could be behind closed

him in a hushed

a hospital." Jarrod just arched an

So what?" "No,

My father's right here.

eyes turned red

any sign of pity

Nicole took a sharp breath and shot a warning look at

Nicole even more and sardonically asked, "What's the matter?” Despite the pain, Nicole managed to suppress herself

together and implored

Don't do this...

in front of my father..." Her pleas

in her ear, "Why? Don't you

from humiliation at what they were

you be so shameless?

dared to do this to her even with her

expression shifted in the

hand back and shoved

force of his push sent Nicole falling onto the

up and casually wiped

said with a voice dripping with disdain, "If you don't want

come see your dad once he's

phone, as if he was

pale the moment she realized what he

pinched her

I can show your dad how his daughter

"No, stop it! Don't you dare take any pictures, Jarrod!"

Jarrod pushed her away without a

sound, Nicole hit the edge of the

of

curled up, her form resembling a cooked

was

Nicole

a struggle

eyes darkened for a

abandoned his plan

enough, his icy demeanor

nervous? One of my friends

attractive and wants to have fun with you." Nicole's eyes widened, and

capture her at her embarrassing moment, only to share

this before? The idea that others might have seen her in such a state made Nicole's stomach

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