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Chapter 13: Not That Pretty

Author: Sand Kastle
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“I heard your boyfriend got a new girlfriend,” Amy said as she looked at Alina.

Alina raised her eyebrows.

“Where did you hear about that?”

“It’s the talk of the town!” she exclaimed. “Word has it that she’s really pretty.”

Alina’s jaw clenched as she took a drink of her vodka.

“She’s not that pretty,” she denied. “And they’re not together. Vaughn and I just fucked yesterday night.”

“Then who’s the new girl?”

“Eloise,” she muttered under her breath. “Don’t tell anyone about this, okay?”

Amy nodded her head.

“She’s trying to conceive a child for Vaughn and I.”

Amy gasped.

“What? A surrogate? And that’s okay with you?”

“He’s going to inherit his parents’ company right after. Their condition is that he has his own family before he could inherit the company.”

“Why didn’t you just carry your own child?”

Alina scoffed.

“Do you want me to ruin my body and my career? I can’t become pregnant. I already got this far.”

“But what will you do when Vaughn casts you aside for
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Chloe LaGeaux
This chapter definitely could have been written better. Why are the female leads always so gullible and weak?!
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