TerenceI was still taken aback by Jason's words. I couldn't understand why he kept continuing to insist on a supposed romance between me and Suzy, even though he knew I was married and, therefore, despite everything, I still loved my wife. Furthermore, I went to Laura's apartment, and when I got t
Suzy"What? Are you saying you want to buy me a house because of my daughter?” I asked Terence when he told me that. “Yes, I intend to. You don't have a clear source of income; you have to organize your financial life first, but now Emmy and you need support. It would be more logical for you to acc
LauraI took the opportunity to take a shower and change my clothes right there at Jason's house and then I went to the hospital where Suzy was hospitalized. After much discussion, Jason wouldn't let me take Annie with me to the medical center. “There is a lot of contamination in a clinic; our daug
Laura“Curious how you rush to defend that woman and not stay by my side, since I've always been by your side from the beginning, Laura. You're turning out to be quite ungrateful, you know?” In the middle of the argument, Ava threw it in my face. “What are you talking about, Ava?” I wanted to know,
Suzy“Look, Terence, I’m serious. You don't need to be making all this effort just because you think it's the right thing to do, okay? Please stop that. This is all embarrassing for me; I can't just accept this house and pretend everything is fine,” I told him after he proposed that he wanted to buy
LauraI was giving Suzy some advice about motherhood, telling her what she should and shouldn't do and how she should take care of a baby. “If you can, hire a specialized professional to accompany you in these first weeks; all care is extremely necessary,” I said to her, ending up remembering the t
Laura “Can I try to guess who you’re thinking about? You’re thinking about your boyfriend, aren’t you?” Suzy said it with a suspicious smile. It was true that my thoughts were far away. “Boyfriend… I don’t even know if I have a boyfriend anymore, Suzy,” I said to her with a sad sigh. “What happ
Laura“I'm going to make you a proposition now, Laura,” Gideon said. “Why don’t you come and live with me in London? New opportunities would open up for you there; there is guaranteed security to raise a child, and above all, you would be far from the temptation that Jason Davies makes you go throug
“Why do you keep hanging out with them, Abby?” he asked, and now there was a note of concern that annoyed me even more. “You know Madison’s not good for you. She uses you, and you let her.” “It’s none of your business,” I shot back, my voice sharp. “I do what I want, Caleb. Bye.” I hung up before h
Abby POV It was a lazy Sunday, and I was at the mall’s food court, waiting at the counter to pick up snacks for myself and the “new friends” I’d managed to latch onto. The smell of grease and cheap coffee filled the air, and the hum of conversations mixed with the muffled pop music from the speaker
Caleb, Abby, Madison, Nadia—they all spun through my head like a broken carousel. I wanted to tell my parents everything, collapse and ask for help, but the thought of seeing disappointment in their eyes—or worse, them trying to intervene at Oxwell to “save” me—made me swallow the words. I had to fi
Annie POV It was the weekend, and I was at home, trying to take deep breaths and pretend everything was okay. The Oxwell campus was a few hours away, giving me temporary relief from the chaos my life had become. Here, with my parents and the twins, I could at least try to be the old Annie—the exc
Max POV Walking beside someone who’d once meant so much to me felt strange. I couldn’t stop thinking that our breakup had been a waste, couldn’t stop remembering how happy I’d been with this guy, only to ruin it all because of my ego, because of a toxic fixation I had on Albert. Conrad Adams walke
Max POV was stunned when Albert told me that, my mouth even went dry because I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Conrad Adams was back. He was my boyfriend in my early twenties. I met him through Albert, who was close friends with him during the dark days of his family’s company. Conrad was a good guy
Max POV I was driving through the city with the radio on low, just a background murmur to keep the silence from swallowing me whole, when my phone buzzed on the dashboard. Zoey. Of course it was her. The girl had already wormed her way into my house like a high-heeled parasite, and now, apparently,
Annie POV After the moment at the mall, I returned to the dorm with a tight chest, carrying the bags with the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy. The plan was to distract myself, but Madison’s words—“racist,” “canceled piece of trash”—spun in my head like a broken record, mingling with Nadia’s re
When I met her last week at a council meeting, I could tell she’d be a challenge—confident, charismatic, the type who knew how to play the game. “Ugh, Madison Goodwin is here too. What a rotten day,” I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Of course Abby would get close to Madison—she was her adopted cousin.