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159: Her Puppet

Author: Marywan
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-13 18:57:55

E M O R Y

I sat in the taxi that was driving me to my new apartment, feeling no regret for my actions. I wasn't caught up for that life.

I didn't want a life with Michael, and I didn't regret leaving the baby with him. I was no good for her, I surely wasn't mentally and emotionally ready to become her mother, considering the circumstances after her birth.

Her birth brought me nothing but bad luck and my life hasn't remained the same since her birth. I lost my body, I have surgery scars on my stomach, I lost Sebastian, and now I lost my company too.

Things were just too hard for me to deal with.

And the moment Michael said that I was selfish, it angered me. Because deep inside, I knew that he was right. That I was being selfish, thinking about myself and nothing else. Michael was only acting out his emotions, he was blindly in love with me, and doesn't want to accept that I would never see him that way anymore.

He had nothing to offer me. Nothing at all. The past three weeks of living
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Heather W
Elle catching strays with no involvement in Emory's very embarrassing saga lol. It's going to get even worse if Lana ever finds out about Emory and seeks her out. Mikhail not being forthcoming about Lana was a huge mistake. Can't wait to see it unfold lol
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RYANNE
Well Emory is about to find out how dangerous Mikhail is
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Say This
What a pathetic piece of trash, yeah this book is losing interest with a deadbeat psychopath still in this book.
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