Chapter 106

I lift my hands in defeat, cornered and defensive, so not able to deal with this and already a mess from fighting with him. My skin is prickling, and my anger is barely holding it together. I am trying to be mature and do what he wants me to, even if I hate him.

Be a grown-up, turn the other cheek, be mature, and show everyone you’re not a little spoiled kid anymore.

“Did he? Pretty sure he stayed with me… Then when I couldn’t forgive him, he went looking for his second option.” Natasha spits cruelly, and I don’t know if it’s what she says or if the sudden change in her makes me screw up my face in disbelief. Reminding me of her behavior in the bowling alley bathroom. Like a sucker punch of realization that it was not a one-off.

“Who are you? Were you always this person hiding in the depths, huh?… Some nasty, manipulative bitch that pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes? All sweetness and love, yet the claws are certainly coming out now, aren’t they?” my body bristl