Chapter 52: Shelia's POV - Any Man is Better Than You

I barely remember how I got home. I'm not even sure if Esther managed to snatch Zia's phone and delete those photos. My mind felt like it had exploded. I wanted to lash out, but my body was so weak that I could barely muster the energy.

When Grey brought me home, I was so dizzy I could hardly open my eyes. I collapsed onto my bed, my carefully styled hair now a mess beneath me. I must have looked a wreck.

I closed my eyes, seemingly asleep, but my mind kept replaying memories—Hugh's face, our time together, always ending with Esther's twisted expression.

The person I loved most had handed my deepest wounds to another woman, giving her ammunition to attack me.

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It wasn't until noon the next day that I dragged myself out of bed, my face swollen like a balloon. I'd barely finished washing up when Luther called, insisting that I go on a blind date. He threatened to send someone to my home if I didn't comply with his arrangements.

I was irritated, but thinking it over, doing someth