~ASH~
Tugging and pulling at my tie incessantly, the suffocating discomfort it brought made me squirm in my seat, heedless of the reproachful glares my father and mother shot in my direction.
"Stop fumbling with your tie, Ash, for Christ's sake," my father's voice cut through the tension in the limousine, his irritation palpable as my mother attempted to placate him with a touch of her hand.
I rolled my eyes at their facade of affection, the sight of their pretense making my stomach turn.
He played the part of a devoted husband in front of my mother, but in reality, he was nothing more than a deceitful snake.
The countless women I had caught him with flashed through my mind, and the memory of Tiana ignited a fiery rage within me, my hands clenching into tight fists at the thought.
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