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•Chapter 23• Collateral Damage
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2024-10-29 19:42:56It's been a week. A week since our awkward doctor's appointment. Everything was tolerable between us, not good but better. He doesn't say anything about my hair and dresses anymore. He didn't even force me to eat seafood. I had pizza yesterday after eons, It was heavenly.
Sebastian threw a party, it was more of a business event and it was boring so far because all of the businessmen and their trophy wives were annoying me. It was a fake display of love that made me gag.
I was wearing a silver evening gown with a long slit showing off my whole leg and it was backless. I had my hair tied up in a beautiful updo with curled strands falling out of it. My makeup was done by a team of professional perks of being the mayor's wife.
Violet came with Eric, they hit it off the other day at the yacht and were more than friends now. They couldn't keep their hands to themselves, it was so sweet and funny because if I told the high school Violet that she will dat
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"Stop, please!" she cried as he bit sharply on her neck. She squirmed in pain underneath him. She felt her neck throbbing. He landed a backhand on her soft cheeks. Taking ahold of both of her wrists, he pressed both of her hands into the bed. His right hand squeezed her breast roughly, his eyes filled with lust. She wanted to push him off but he was too strong, too big. All she could do was watching helplessly as he violated her. Every time she'd try to struggle he'd get more and more violent."Please, I am begging you, please stop" she cried helplessly as he ripped her silk shorts and tank top apart. He slapped both her breast, pinching and pulling her nipples between his finger harshly making her cry out in pain. "Please...""Do you tell Sebastian to stop? DO YOU?!" He shouted and specks of spit landed on her face."I'm s-sorry... Please I'm so sorry..." She could only helplessly cry."Your sorry doesn't matter, your actions do!"
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"You want a divorce?" he mocked, mimicking my tone. "Y-yes..." "Are you forgetting about the baby clause, wife?" He asked, getting closer to me, and each time he took a step forward I took a step back until my back hit the wall. "Karen is pregnant, you don't need me" I mumbled. He nodded and took a sip straight out of the bottle. He frowned in a sarcastically comical way and then chuckled. "But the baby must come from a Clarke" he placed his finger on my chest, the bottle was still in his hand. "And a Harding," he placed the same finger on his chest. "Those were your father's words, remember?" "But it doesn't matter now, she's pregnant," I reasoned with a shaky voice. The atmosphere of the room was suffocating me. My back was glued to the wall as Sebastian stood before me. He was drunk and completely out of his senses. I just wanted to ask him for a divorce now that
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"Yeah, you should!" Nancy laughedHannah frowned as she stood up and faced Nancy. When Karen saw that Hannah was acting weird, she immediately called Nancy to make fun of her. But when Nancy heard about it, she couldn't help it. She wanted to see her breakdown with her own eyes."Nancy" Hannah whispered."Hello, step sister""What are you doing here?""I called her" Karen joined Nancy and they both smiled at each other."You know, I hate you for stealing Sebastian but our common hate for Hannah is stronger" Nancy high-fived Karen."I didn't steal Sebastian. It's not my fault that he is crazy about me" Karen bragged and made a smug face.She mainly wanted Hannah to listen to her words but nothing seemed to affect her. She was looking at both of them innocently with questionable eyes.Nancy strolled into her room and entered her closet unbeknownst to Hannah, who seemed to
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Mayor's Dutiful Wife •Chapter 44• Back In Richmonte
••ANOTHER MONTH LATER•• Hannah and Luke walked out of the C&W to get lunch. John joined them and kissed Luke. "Aw, look at you two" Hannah fangirled over her best friend's relationship. She was their biggest hype-women. A second later, Pearl came running out of the building as well. "Hey! Don't leave without me!" She shrieked as she caught up with them. They all bickered over where to eat and who will pay for it. It was their thing. A lunch ritual. It started when they were in college and they still hadn't let go of it. "Hannah..." Someone called her. She turned to her side and saw the person she never thought she'd ever see again. Hannah's smile fell and got replaced with a confused, bewildered look. "Karen..." She breathed out. It had been almost a year since Hannah last saw her. She suddenly remembered the day Sebastian threw her out of his house and everyth
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She packed her bags and descended the stairs. Reynolds came behind her with her luggage. She saw Sebastian standing there, his hands in his pockets as he stared at the wall mindlessly. She approached him. "Sebastian..." "Hmm?" He asked, staring at nothing in particular. "I... Just wanted to say... Thank you for everything. I couldn't have done it without you." She said, tucking her hair behind her ear. He turned towards her and gazed at her face mindlessly. He wanted to hold her, hug her, kiss her, love her but he just smiled sadly. He looked down at the ground and then back at her. "You would have..." He said. "You didn't need me. You always had it in you, Hannah. You did that all by yourself, I did nothing." She smiled and stared into his eyes. He was trying to avoid eye contact with her. He looked everywhere but her face. Reynolds came and opened the car door for her. She looked between th
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•Revenge• ••TWO YEARS AFTER HANNAH LEFT•• "Where is it?" He shouted running a hand through his messy hair. His mother came running behind him as he turned his room upside down looking for something. He flipped off the mattress from the bed and pulled out all of his clothes from his closet. "WHERE DID YOU PUT IT?!" He shouted at his mother and she flinched. "Sebastian, my baby boy, it's for the best" She cried helplessly as she followed him around his room. "No, I need it, I need it, I NEED IT!" He frustratedly pulled on his hair. He slapped his face multiple times, and then scratched his cheeks. Florence held his hands in hers trying to stop him from hurting himself. He harshly pulled his mother in for a hug. "I will kill myself, mum. Please, I can't live without it" He cried over her shoulder. "Please, mum, just this last time. I promise then I'll stop..." He sobbed hysterically like
