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CHAPTER EIGHTY
Finally she paid for the now cold cup of coffee, sad that she hadn't gotten around to drinking it or have a bite of that bundle of creaminess that was their cake.
She'd been too lost in her own head to have placed an order for it and even if she had, she doubted she'd have been able to stomach more than just a bite.
While it was so good everyone wanted a piece, the thought of it right now was nauseating.
It was time she went home and dealt with her demons, she decided as she made it outside the Cafe, looking around for a cab.
What's the worst that can happen after all these, right?
Finally, she was able to wave one down and settle inside it.
While the car sped up the road, headed for the house, her mind slowly drifted back to Ryder.
The man was as enigmatic as he was mysterious, and his eyes hide a lot of secrets in them, secrets she knew nothing about.
He only let her catch glimpses of his emotions in the few moments he
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Bree barely made it into her room before she came crashing down on the bed and crying her soul out. Why would this be happening to her, why now of all times? They say God only gives you as much as you can handle right? Maybe he'd given her too much credit because she wasn't ready for this, she didn't think she could handle it all without snapping. He'd asked her to get out of his house, said it so casually like they hadn't been together just hours ago with him processing his love to her. He'd said it like she'd forced her way in here and he wanted her gone the next minute. He'd looked do different and she knew whatever it was that had happened, it was taking its toll on him too. He looked like it to her. She stayed curled in bed, her heart ripping to shreds as she thought about the things he'd said. It hurts so much, and it was worse because it hurt in the one place she couldn't hold, the one place she couldn't
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Bree couldn't say which one hit her harder between finding a documented file full of her personal information on Ryder's desk and hearing that voicemail from his phone, in the same voice that she's known for years now.She would know Cole's voice any where, even in her sleep, because she'd spent years listening to it.His words in the recording had been loud and very clear."I need more money...." He'd started in his usual unperturbed voice that makes it always seem like he was in control of every situation."And you are going to give it to me this time because I know you don't want your little chess pawn to find out what you've been up to now, or do you? I had to burn a lot of funds getting your contact and now that I have it, you are going to pay for that too. Say hi to Brianna for me and hey....don't use the bitch too much, I might still need her later."It made her sick to her stomach, he made her sick, they both did and she wished she had neve
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Work was the same as it's been the past week, not overly busy but not too slow paced either.It was fair and it seemed to keep the nausea down longer than anything she's tried in recent times.Currently, there were only few patrons in the room, most of them elderly, enjoying the early now glow and the beautiful view right outside the glass wall.Most of them would always take a detour to the blossoming flower garden right outside to adore the blooming petal before they leave, but for the mean time, they were mostly seated and lost in conversations that didn't really involve flowers.Bree dragged herself behind the counter to take a break since there was really no one that needed serving, yet.Her phone buzzed in her pocket and for some reason, her heart leaped hoping it was finally something from.......him.But to her disappointment, it wasn't and instead it was some stupid stray message that came from all these broadcast ads that was curren
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