Chapter Eleven

Amber’S POV

I walked away as fast as I could from where Kayden and Marlene were, wanting to get away from ther while hoping that Marlene wouldn’t act like a crazy woman again and try to follow me. Thankfully, I didn’t feel any presence behind me or hear Marlene’s incredibly annoying voice try to yell at me from behind.

The moment I turned around and realized that they were no longer where I could see them or vice versa, the tears that I had been struggling to hold back finally trickled down my face, but I was quick to wipe them off.

I really hated the fact that I was crying over them, even when I knew that you didn’t deserve my tears. But the confrontation I just had with Marlene made me realize that I had been so blind to how much

hatred she harbored towards me, and now that she was finally showing that she has never liked me as much as I thought she did in the past, it hurts my feelings a lot more than I would like to admit.

When the tears didn’t stop pouring down from my eyes like crazy, I started to get extremely self–conscious because the last thing I wanted was for people around to ask me questions or stare in

direction and think I was some crazy, sad, and lonely woman.

my

I mean, I was definitely crazy, sad, and lonely, but I didn’t want the whole world to know how

pathetic I was.

“Amber?” I heard someone call out my name from behind me, and at first, it didn’t dawn on me who the

voice belonged to, but after hearing him call out my name for the second time, the voice clicked, and

I immediately knew who it was that was calling me.

It was Richard’s voice.

face, not wanting to look even more pathetic in front of a man like Richard. After wiping as quickly as possible, I looked

you doing here in this neighborhood?” I asked, and

car properly before stepping out with a rather worried

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and I could see the genuine confusion he had on his face. “Before I got to you I happened to see those two morons, Amber. So tell me, are you crying because of them?” he asked,

called them morons with such a straight

this time, they still have so much power over me, to the point where I find myself in tears just by looking at them. It makes me

expected him to have a pitiful expression on his face, but surprisingly, there was

I could see in his eyes was genuine anger and hurt, and without saying a word, he simply pulled me in for a hug. He stroked

Amber. Don’t let those horrible people get under your skin. Let them think they’ve won for now, but keep in mind that eventually you’ll have the last laugh,” he whispered gently, almost as if he were making a subtle promise.

Richard. Let’s get it over with as soon as possible

and stop feeling so angry and frustrated,”

likely surprised him with how suddenly I said what I

tonight, I no longer had

that marrying Richard would simply elevate my status and make

I wanted to marry him so that I could brag to those bastards, including my family, that I was

knew it sounded pathetic, but I was already at my lowest point, so to me, there was

shameless and as desperate

on that social ladder that would put my sister

to see the look on her face when every

detaches from her and tries to pet hark in my good hool

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