Two-faced. Untrustworthy. Fake.
The words felt like sharp stones pressing against his chest—painful, suffocating.
But he couldn't argue with any of them. That was exactly who he was.
For six years, he'd put up a facade with her, rarely showing his true self. He'd used her, resented her, and yet shamefully fallen for her.
Only now did he realize he was the foolish one.
Justin Taylor was right. To Chloe, he was the cruelest, most terrifying monster of all.
Now, hearing her defend Xavier Grayson the same way she'd once defended him, Liam Martin felt his whole body ache with jealousy—maddening, consuming jealousy.
He clutched her phone in his palm. His eyes, red from a sleepless night, were bloodshot. "Chloe, I'm the one who wronged you. All those years we were together, I never truly c
