spicion. My heart sank as I quickly ended the de

e asked, his voic

d, wiping my tears fast. "T

ng closer. "You think you could just run off an

floor. His presence stuffed the small

dered coldly. "

do something reckless. When we pulled up to the residence, I noti

, my eyes widening

y muttered, his jaw clenching. He shot m

" I said fast

nced closer to Andy, his expression darkening with each ste

to defuse the state of a

. "I came here to make sure you're okay, Mia,"

him. "And you don't have any business being here. I don'

is face. "Mia, are you okay?" he asked, his voice soften

en us. "Whatever relationship you two had

, he held his ground. "Mya isn't your pet, Anthon

a risky low. He turned to me, his eyes flashing with fury. "And you,"

eeking to hold my voice calm.

iced it coming. The slap echoed inside the air, and I s

ng ahead, but Anthony raised

ted," Anthony threatened. "Do you

eyes burned with rage, but he didn't move. "This isn't over,"

sessive grip. "Oh, it's over," he said, his voice dripping wit

red, my voice cracking.

acked with pain and

ears threatening t

s shoulders aggravating with barely contained anger. I watched hi

he muttered, steering me towards the residence.

I allow him to lead me inside, my mind

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glimmer of desire: my music career. I threw myself into it, channeling every little bit of my pain and frustration into th

my budding career to enhance his picture, installing area interviews and appearances where we had to

thony have grown to be quite the strong couple in the track organizatio

he fact, to tell everyone what type of man Anthony sincerely has become. But the terms stuck in my throat. The room

I may additionally need to experience the silent warning in his gaze.

d, my thoughts rac

someone could help me if I spoke out. But all I noticed had been strangers, eyes big with

ture that became intended to appear comforting but felt like a vice. "The music industry may be pretty annoying, and M

makes me enjoy. It may be loads to cope with. But it's

cely-a chunk too difficult. "Absolut

cream to inform them; it's all a lie, but the phrases wouldn't come. I was trappe

heel, his jaw clenched in a way that made my belly twist with worry. When we arrived,

thony came on me, his eyes blazing with fury. "What the hell