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2024-11-26 18:29:34Elara walked through the door to the house that she had shared with Micah for the past three years. Everywhere in there pushed out some kind of memory for her. She wanted to sit in the darkness of the house and cry out her eyes because when her family had told her that she was making a mistake by trusting a man like Micah, she had told him that they loved each other, and that was all that mattered. Now she understood very well that love was not all that mattered.
She walked to the bedroom that they shared and took down her box; these were the same ones she left her father's mansion with, and now she was leaving with the same one. She had wanted the relationship to work out so badly so she could prove to her family that she was right. Now that the relationship was in shambles, she began to clearly see all of the warning signs. "I really am a fool for ignoring all of those signs for the longest time," she murmured to herself with a sad smile. She barely had anything to pack from the house because she had believed his lies and depended on him as the sole provider of the house. She was taught otherwise by her dad, but it made her wonder if she was really in need of so much romance that she had to believe that he was always doing the best for her.She was standing by the door with everything she was able to identify as hers firmly and neatly stuffed into her box. She had called her brother to pick her up but to send one of the drivers. She did not need to make his name appear on the news to be seen with her. He was already on his path to having a good thing with Chole Prescott, so she was not going to help him ruin it with her own troubles.
Ronan had told her that she was giving him one of the best gifts ever by deciding to come back home and that their parents would be so happy to see them. She dropped her key on the small coffee table in the middle of the living room and walked out the door. She sat on the front porch of the house as she waited for the driver to pull up and pick her up.
A car pulled up in front of her, and she wished that she had gone from there before he showed up because now all she could think about was how well she could fight him. All that clouded her mind was the urge to land multiple slaps across his face. He could barely feel any emotional pain since he was not human, but maybe he would be able to feel physical pain if she slapped him.
"Don't bother with me; I am just waiting on my ride," she murmured when he stopped in front of her. She looked to see if Zara was with him and decided that he must have probably dropped her off.
"Elara, I want you to know that I did not want this to end up like this."
"How did you want it to end up? Was your plan to keep me as a backup and see if things went well between you and that?" Elara swallowed the words that came to mind because she was sure that he would not like to hear her call his future wife any of those words.
"I was going to end things with you beautifully, but..." she cut him off with a cackle, wiped the corner of her eyes, and tilted her head.
"Beautifully?"
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"Beautifully?" she asked again, the cackle not stopping as she doubled over her hands, patting her knees in laughter. Micah did not like the scene before him; he was not saying anything funny, so she should not be laughing as hard as she was laughing. He had expected to meet her at home on her knees, begging him to take her back. She should be crying and asking him to help her because she had nowhere else to go, but she felt different and out of reach.It was like she was possessed by a confident spirit. "What is so funny?" "You think that a scum like you can ever produce anything beautiful," she said, looking at the car that had parked right before his car. She knew that was her ride, and she did not want to cause a scene. A well-built man who could pass for a bodybuilder came down from the driver's side and jogged to her. The man approaching them made Micah lose his train of thought. "Hello Ms..." Elara waved her hand in the air to stop him from addressing her as a Quinn as much
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"Elara, it really is you!" Isla squealed from the door as soon as the driver opened the car door for Elara, and she stepped down. "You are here." Elara's family had not seen her in three years; even though she constantly saw her parents and brother in the news, she had not seen Isla, who was still being protected. Even though she had not had contact with her family for that long, she made sure to always find a way to talk to them without the meet-up. Elara was grateful to her sister, who was now running to her; if Isla had not reached out to tell her that her boyfriend was going around town partying with another woman, she would not have known that she was being cheated on. "Oh, how I’ve missed you," Isla said, squeezing her sister in a hug. Isla was very expressive with all of her actions, so the hug did not come as a surprise to her at all. "I have missed you as well," Elara replied, squeezing her back. "I do not think I would believe that," Isla said, taking her head back and n
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"What is this?" Elliot asked. Elara walked towards them; she stopped suddenly as if she were trying to inspect them. Her parents were the reason she went so far and wide in search of love. They constantly showed them that it was possible; even though they had been together for almost thirty years, they still acted like young people in their honeymoon phase. "Are you here for real, or is my mind playing tricks on me because I miss you so much?" Clara asked. She turned to her husband, and sure enough, the expression on his face made her know that she was the only one seeing their daughter standing by the door. "She is really here, right?" she asked in a higher pitch than normal. "She is," Elliot nodded. Before he could say anything more, Clara was out of sight, her hands wrapped around her daughter, squeezing her tightly. "Oh my goodness!" she let out in a huff. "It is real," she said with her eyes closed as if she had to shut off one of her senses so she could enjoy the hug to the f
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