"She bolted out of here fast."
Austin let out a cold laugh before turning on his heel and walking away.
Just a few hundred meters around the corner, a slimy creep had wrapped his arm around Selena's tiny waist.
For days afterward, Austin flaunted Amanda at one boozy party after another. They hopped between endless social events.
The crowd noticed his doting attention toward his new arm candy. This confirmed that Selena was ancient history. Their tongues loosened. Their remarks grew bolder.
"When's the wedding, man? Gonna start a family?"
"That backstabbing Selena was dead weight. Now that she's gone, you should start your real life."
Austin brushed off their jokes. But an unsettling emptiness gnawed at him.
"Darling, spacing out again?" Amanda cooed. She draped herself over him lik
