Chapter 1

Chapter 1

While scrolling through Instagram, a photo caught my eye.

Looking past the row of glamorous people in the foreground, I noticed a young man lounging on the sofa behind them, casually absorbed in his phone.

His hand, propped against the sofa, partially obscured his face, but I could still make out his distinctive profile – the strong nose bridge and defined brow.

I hesitated, then opened my gallery to compare the photos I had of Alex. The resemblance was uncan

After some deliberation, I messaged Victoria Bennett, a college acquaintance I only interacted with through likes.

“Hi, could I ask who this person is?” I sent her the photo, noticing she’d deliberately blurred that particular section.

Her response came surprisingly quick.

“Why are you asking about him? Trust me, he’s not someone you should be curious about.”

reason,” I replied. “He just looks a bit

every detail of Alex’s face – I could even sketch the exact curve of his frown from

messages came flooding in.

you dreaming? Even my husband can barely get a word in with him. How could your boyfriend, making what – three grand a month?

your senses? Planning to dump that boyfriend of

for him?”

with a cute thank–you gif. “Just asking. That’s all.”

Ever since freshman year when my makeup–free photo beat hers in the unofficial campus beauty rankings, she’d turned everything into a

Fortune 500 company, while I devoted myself to my relationship with Alex, a supposedly struggling young

when she graciously allowed me access to her social media, as

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superior world.

Alex’s chat, I asked, “Coming

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