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When I unlocked Lorian’s phone, the first thing I spotted was his pinned WhatsApp contact-“Jocelyn” with a little heart emoji next to it.

I tapped on their conversation, heart pounding.

Beyond the cute emoji responses were dozens of surveillance videos–of my bedroom.

My private moments captured like I was some kind of lab specimen.

The messages underneath cut deeper than any knife could.

“Like I promised, babe, this is all about payback. I’ll play these videos at the wedding ceremony. After that, Sylvia will be completely erased from the Lancelot family picture. And it’ll be just you and me–the way it should’ve been all along.”

“Before you become Mrs. Lancelot, I’m clearing out all the obstacles. Nothing but happiness ahead for us.”

Jocelyn, baby, I love you. Always have.”

I glanced up at the teddy bear he’d given me six years ago, sitting innocently on my shelf. In the dim light, its eyes seemed to glow with a creepy red light.

So that was it. From day one, he’d been plotting how to get rid of me–just another “obstacle” in his path.

God, I was pathetic–drowning in his fake promises, thinking I was living some fairy tale.

I clicked through to Lorian’s private photo album. It was stuffed with pictures of him and Jocelyn

together.

Their relationship chronicled from college to now–a complete timeline of their actual love story.

when he’d texted me “swamped with work, sorry

Jocelyn had gotten a matching one. Plus extras

second chat in his messages was with a wedding planner. This

freaking

down to the damn fork selection, Lorian had

detail.

videos had been edited by him–scenes

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for one sick purpose: to completely expose our “inappropriate

me burn.

his phone just as I heard the shower turn off. Then I booked a flight leaving the country in three

days.

up about his son’s wedding

on a show of being annoyed but casually agreed, setting the wedding date

slipped from my trembling fingers and clattered against my plate. Couldn’t taste a

after that.

dinner, Mom pulled me into her room, her face tight with

joining the company with your brother? Have

her graying hair, my throat

please don’t tell him.”

just be happy with Mr.

remarry. No matter what Lorian thought, my

be her reward for trying

Lorian was already sprawled on my bed

me enter, he quickly pulled me into his arms, lips brushing against my

make me melt.

you angry? You know we can’t go public with us. The wedding’s

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