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.

to be a humiliation for her? "Felix." Her voice trembled as she eked out his name, only to see him bow

his drink

doing, a consequence of his

to stomach the humiliation any longer, Listina broke down in

had drawn attention. Manny

to be locked from the outside." Felix, rubbing his temples, commanded with restrained

Listina crumpled on the floor, Felix instructed

beside the bed, called for

arrived promptly, administering a shot to ease the overwhelming effects

listened to the doctor's warnings about

"Did you find her?" "She's on

was eerily calm,

pack of cigarettes, yet his shaking fingers failed to light

back, and let out

his amusement; perhaps

to Felix's state; she

message from Listina,

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