ssed rocks into the water earlier and confirmed that it was deep and

'd let a woman die because of him. And he definitely wouldn'

ght after her. He dragged her back t

d him hard across the face, shoved him away, and stumbled back, clutching the front of her shirt in panic. Her eyes

ght on the edge of his pride. His towering self-respect couldn't handle being looked at with

ster! You bastard! Don't co

egs and crawling backward. Wet sand clung to her all over

uch as he didn't want to admit it, something had

silence, as if try

n a low voice. "...I'm sorry. I was dr

s eyes solemn. "If there's anything you want after t

ething, she slowly turned her head to the right-her body trembling. That's when she saw Darlene and Nic

oo intimate. To someone seeing it for the first time, it woul

toward her on hands and knees, scrambling to hide behind her. Her instinctive reaction-co

owned. "

lapped him hard across the face. Tears welled up in h

stormed forward, grabbed Darlene by the arm, and without giving her any chance to res

whole way back to university, shi

ine didn't see Darle

had disa

as she sat cross-legged on her dorm bed wrapp

m was set to a ch

n concerned. His assistant had been visiting her every few days to check in and try to talk her throu

really hurtful things to him. She told him she didn't love him, said her heart belonged to someone else. She claimed their relationship was all just an act, said everything he did made her feel disgusted and that he should give up already. But come on, they use

silently at h

d looked at her. "Darlene really seems done this time. That day in the car, she and Bruce had

. She sat frozen, phone in

this keeps up, your body's going to give out. Things have already gotten this far-what more can y

leave your side. I don't even know how to comfort you anymore. I mean, someone like Bruce... there's no way he'll take responsibility, let alone marry you. That kind of thing just

ill didn't

e, does your boyfriend

ed for a sec

boyfr

dn't h

a few times, and people must have mistaken him for her boyfriend. That explained why Darlene

lied, "I don't have a boyfriend.

ked a bit

t-pretend to be pregnant with Bruce's child at the one-month mark. It would be a long ga

money easily. She'd have to keep pressuring h

hought, a message from Fe

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