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.
her lips with his thumb
want?” His words might have been flippant, but Nicole felt anything
much more shameless Jarrod could be behind closed doors, especially in
stern expression, Nicole reminded him in a
arched an eyebrow, with lust dancing
what?"
My father's right here.
can't...” Nicole's eyes turned
showing any sign of pity for Nicole, Jarrod gripped her
sharp breath and shot a warning
that unsettling smile, gripped Nicole even more and sardonically asked, "What's the matter?” Despite the pain, Nicole managed to suppress herself from letting out a
pulled herself together and implored
Don't do this...
father..." Her pleas only fell
in her ear, "Why? Don't you
from pleasure but from humiliation at what they were
so shameless? You
do this to her even
struck a chord, and Jarrod’s expression shifted in the
yanked his hand back and
force of his push sent Nicole
casually wiped his
he looked down at her and said with a voice dripping with disdain, "If you don't want to do it,
your
He suddenly took out his phone, as if he was
moment she realized what he was up
pinched her chin
can show your dad
those stars." "No, stop it! Don't you dare
her away without a second
hit the edge
sent jolts of pain
her form resembling a cooked
was
stand up, Nicole leaned against
a struggle as she grimaced in
eyes darkened for a
and abandoned his plan to
his icy
my friends has taken a
with you." Nicole's eyes widened, and her face drained of
would capture her at her embarrassing moment, only to share the spectacle with
idea that others might have seen her in such a state made Nicole's stomach churn and made
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