40 - Lilian

REID SIERRA

"What now, Lux? Are you happy?" I seethed at Luxury; my voice laced with anger. She responded with a bitter smile; a palpable sense of resentment hidden behind her facade.

"She deserves it after all," she chuckled, though her laughter held a tinge of pain and anguish.

"Did you send her to California? And threaten her to kill me?" I demanded, my grip tightening on her arm.

"How did you end up like this, Luxury? You're so different from the Luxury I knew!" I yelled, my frustration boiling over. But instead of recoiling from my grasp, she merely laughed in response.

"This is the real me, Reid," she stated coolly, causing me to release her as she met my gaze with chilling indifference.

"Everything that happened between us was already planned," she continued, her laughter sending shivers down my spine.

"I plotted to become your fiancée. To seek revenge for you, Reid. I tried everything to avenge the loss of my sister, Reid! You're the reason I've become like this!"

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