Listina didn't want to give up. This was her golden opportunity, after all.

In a moment of boldness, she shed every article of clothing and dropped to her knees in what could only be described as a compromising position.

"Felix, look at me," she pleaded, her voice laced with desperation. "Why bother bringing Carol back? She's just going to be a third wheel. Look at me, Felix. Whatever she can do, I can do too." But Felix averted his gaze, while clenching his hand tightly around the bed-sheets.

The heartache was so acute that he felt oddly lucid.

So lucid that Carol's rejection struck him with sobering clarity.

"Call her," he insisted.

When he dialed her number, she wouldn't pick up.

Listina, who was completely bare, was incensed to see that Felix remained unmoved, not even sparing her a glance. The outrage boiled within her.

Why? Why, at this pivotal moment, did he crave Carol? Rising to her feet, Listina attempted to approach him once more but was stopped short by his words.

"Listina, I only want Carol." Her pupils shrank, and her mind reeled in disbelief.

Wasn't his impending marriage to Carol meant to be a humiliation for her? "Felix." Her voice trembled as she eked out his name, only to see

his drink with

consequence of his reliance on pills during their previous

humiliation any longer, Listina broke down

had drawn attention. Manny knocked

alright? The door seems to be locked from the outside." Felix, rubbing his temples, commanded with restrained

crumpled on the floor, Felix instructed Manny, "Take her home." Listina was

beside the bed, called for a

administering a shot to ease the overwhelming effects of

the bedside, Felix listened to the doctor's warnings about the

you find her?" "She's on

who was eerily calm, signaled a brewing

for a pack of cigarettes, yet

the cigarette aside, leaned back, and let

cause of his amusement; perhaps the situation

Felix's state; she

from Listina, urging her to return hfor

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