"Coming." Karen couldn't be bothered to put on her shoes and ran straight to the door.

But she was cautious, peering through the peephole before swinging it open.

It wasn't Jeffrey. It was his ex.

Suddenly, Karen felt a twinge of annoyance. This one was nothing like the woman she'd bumped into at the mall, who had at least the ability to read the room. But this one was clingy, like chewing gum stuck to the sole of your favorite sneakers.

Karen toyed with the idea of pretending she wasn't home, but the woman outside had already started shouting.

"I know you're there, open up. We need to talk." Silence.

shoulders and slipped into a pair of loafers before opening the door. If she was going to face her romantic rival, she wasn't

widened at

been worried about this woman's "powers." "In Jeffrey's house, seeing his fiancée, what's so surprising? But bumping into his ex, now that's unexpected." Karen's

knew better than to expect any concessions in a war of

Jeffrey?" she asked, masking her

him?"

up?" "You—" "Me what?" Karen stepped back, appraising her with a snort. "You thought I wouldn't be at Jeffrey's place, and you could just swoop in for a sleepover, huh? Is that why you are dressing so slutty?" At a loss for words, Paige could only retort weakly, "I am not." "Please, it's barely 50 degrees out, and I'm shivering under the covers while you're knocking on a man's door in shorts and a tight sweater, telling me you're not here to seduce my fiancé? That's rich. You might as well slap

legs—fair and

you just cut them off and leave them here? I'll make sure to pass

to do it? No? Then I'm closing the door. It's freezing." She had work to

down, frustration evident

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