Chapter 5
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"Where are you going, baby?" Liam asked. I kissed his lips softly, feeling safe in the sweet fragrance of his aftershave.
"To the gym," I replied, hating myself for lying to him.
"Since when?"
"Since I realized I’m putting on weight."
"Never!" he said, hugging me at the same time as squeezing my ass.
"I want you now," he said, kissing my neck.
"And me you, my love, but I have to go." I drew away.
"You'll come to my place tonight?"
"Depends how tired I am after my workout."
He smiled. "Okay. Text me."
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In the taxi, I took out my compact and fixed my lipstick in the mirror before spraying perfume behind my ears. Placing the bottle back into my purse, I felt guilty. What the f**k was I doing? What did it matter what I smelled like? I was in a car heading to the apartment of my blackmailer, a person whose face I hadn't even seen, to be humiliated one more time. He could have any sick or perverted plan in mind for me to make me pay for helping Benjamin, and all I cared about at that moment was how I smelled. What was wrong with me?
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