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I pressed my hand against the cool windowpane. “The

engagement document… that’s real. It’s from before I even met

him.”

“They’re twisting everything. And you know the worst part?”

Rose’s voice cracked with emotion. “People are eating it up.

Hashtags are trending. ‘Poor Chole! ‘Homewrecker Luna. I can’t

even read the comments.”

I bit my bottom lip, trying to suppress the emotions boiling

inside me. “It doesn’t matter what the truth is, does it? If enough

people believe a lie… it becomes the truth.”

“No,” Rose said firmly. “You’re not going to start thinking like

that. You’ve been through hell and kept your dignity intact.

You’re not going to give that up now!”


I sank onto the edge of the bed, fingers trembling. “I don’t even

know how to defend myself against all of it. It’s like they wrote

the whole story in advance, and I’m just playing the villain.”

“Then rewrite the script,” Rose shot back. “Do what you did at

the charity gala. Hit back–loud and clear. You have the real evidence, Olivia. The recordings. The bruises. The timelines.”

I rubbed my forehead, heart heavy. “What if everything Chole

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if people think it’s true? The engagement was

was staged, but I was

percent. The

Olivia’s POV

Her voice cracked with fury.

myself into that press room,


smug face off”

anything. I didn’t

hell is this? A

years ago,

life?

“Rose-”

said, her tone

I need

life on the line for you,

voice breaking. “You arenotthat

seen who you are. I’velivedwho

damn mind if

swallowed hard,


started on her manipulative little act. Suicide threats? Damsel in distress?

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Ethan-” She made a sound like a scoff. “If I had a dollar for every man who

be richer than the

tightened. I forced myself to

you remember? You’d be at work, he’d send flowers. You’d sneeze and he’d panic like the apocalypse was coming. I thought,damn, this girl’s found her

“Rose…” I finally said..

saved me, Olivia. You don’t deserve to be the villain

anyone’s story.”

trying to

me go

off gently. “I appreciate it. But

myself.”


finally, Rose exhaled. hate

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“I know.”

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