Chapter 10

I struggled fiercely and cried for help. I was nearly swallowed by desperation.

“Enough already!” Finally, Dexter kicked Kyle aside.

I knew how he loathed anyone touching his stul!. He didn’t care about me, but since he had touched me, he considered as his cheapest of possessions.

I fell to the ground in a heap, hugging my clothes tightly around me.

Dexter seemed to lose his interest.

“You all get the hell out!” his said with an icy tone.

Kyle and the others knew to read the room. Seeing Dexter pissed off, they all scrambled up and left.

Now it was just me and him in the room.

He stood up, kicking me in disgust. “I heard you met with Ryder today. Are you that easy? Are you throwing yourself at him to make him sleep with you?”

Ryder had been my college senior who had been pursuing me for years, a genuinely good guy.

think it over, to give him an answer once I’d decided. Even if

love me: I knew he’d never marry

at that moment, I was still fantasizing that maybe, after all these years, I could earn a sliver of love from Dexter.

was that night that pushed me into despair and made up my

he

hugged myself tighter, not answering.

to you!” He kicked the coffee table in a frenzy, glaring at me with fury.

of my wits, I shook my head through tears.

telling you that you’re not to see him again, got it?” He grabbed my hair, threatening me to

wasn’t

disgust, and there was disdain in

marrying you. It was Hailey.

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Chapter 10

me. I desperately tried to

it now hung off my shoulders and exposed my bare skin. I was drenched, and in that moment, I must have looked particularly

poured it

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