Cole
“Why? Aren’t you prepared for me, Yas? You looked like you had seen a ghost.”
I ran my hand across my temple, rubbing aggressively as if that would silence the chaos in my head. Carlos’ voice droned on in the background as he presented the new project to the team - but I wasn’t listening. I couldn’t.
“Open your legs for me, Yasmin… Isn’t that what you wanted when you said yes without hesitation? Money wasn’t enough for you, was it? You’re too selfish. You always needed more.”
The vile words I had thrown at her replayed in my mind, sharp and unrelenting, like shards of glass cutting through my thoughts. I had said them. I had done those things.
At the time, it hadn’t fazed me. I hadn’t even felt regret. But now, the weight of it all hit me like a tidal wave, leaving me suffocated
