Chapter 10

I struggled fiercely and cried for help. I was nearly swallowed by desperation.

“Enough already!” Finally, Dexter kicked Kyle aside.

I knew how he loathed anyone touching his stul!. He didn’t care about me, but since he had touched me, he considered as his cheapest of possessions.

I fell to the ground in a heap, hugging my clothes tightly around me.

Dexter seemed to lose his interest.

“You all get the hell out!” his said with an icy tone.

Kyle and the others knew to read the room. Seeing Dexter pissed off, they all scrambled up and left.

Now it was just me and him in the room.

He stood up, kicking me in disgust. “I heard you met with Ryder today. Are you that easy? Are you throwing yourself at him to make him sleep with you?”

Ryder had been my college senior who had been pursuing me for years, a genuinely good guy.

me he’d secured a spot for me to study abroad too. He wanted me to think it over, to give him an answer once I’d decided. Even if I didn’t like him, it was okay, he said. He admired my talent and would wait for

Dexter didn’t love me: I knew he’d

it, because at that moment, I was still fantasizing that maybe, after all these years, I

that pushed me into despair and made up my

did he touch you?”

just hugged myself tighter, not answering.

coffee table in a frenzy, glaring at me

I shook my head

you’re not to see him again, got it?” He grabbed my hair, threatening me to stay away

nodded, but he wasn’t done

me with disgust, and there was disdain in his

about marrying you. It was

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Chapter 10

I desperately

shirt had been torn open by Kyle, it now hung off my shoulders and exposed my bare skin. I was drenched, and in that moment, I must have

bottle from the table and poured it over my head. “You’re so

that I owed him, and I’d pay off my debt that

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