Game Over No Second Chances

Chapter 355

Wendy stood in the rain, and for a moment it felt like the downpour wasn't water, but years of humiliation crashing down on her shoulders. She couldn't breathe under the weight of it all.

She wanted to run away.

Just as she turned to flee, a hand gripped her wrist.

It was Tara. No one knew when she had come back out but she dragged Wendy through a different entrance to the club.

The rain was now a heavy downpour.

"You're lucky," Tara said. "Getting humiliated by Sarah just earned you a bigger opportunity."

"What?"

"Cole's interested in you. Do his dirty work, and you'll get far more than Sarah ever could."

Tara pulled open a hidden door. Inside was a world of smoke, teasing laughter, and the clinking of glasses.

alcohol and raw indulgence. Naked bodies and broken women sprawled across

through it all, Wendy hurried to keep up with Tara, her

hell as

had no idea who

and soft under the glow of warm lights. Flowers glimmered under the changing hues

nearby man-made lake shimmered under reflected boat lights, its surface alive under the glow of distant

Snuggie curled contentedly in its little cat bed

peaceful and quiet-almost too

them know she had decided

send a six and a half feet teddy bear as a gift, but

however, was furious. "What the hell? I thought you'd married a husband who was doting

he's just another boring marriage-of-convenience type. I had him pegged wrong. Business

music lover, was firmly on the "love over logic" side of the argument. Her

could even defend her husband, a glass of blue

She looked up.

the

crap," she thought. "Ruth