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Once I took a corner to head to the department and was out of Ryder’s watch, I felt my legs give away and I dropped the act I was holding up to struggle to maintain my stance.
I began to pant while I rested against the wall and my eyes stung with the tears I'd been trying very hard to hold back.
I wanted to scream, to crash something against the wall, or smash many things in a fit of rage, and pain.
Ryder lied to me and to make it even worse, he couldn't deny it. Which meant everything that Ethan said to me was true.
Ryder had fallen in love many many times before me and every single one of those women suffered in the hands of his obsessed wife.
Giving up on standing on my feet, I gave in to my declining knees and sat on the floor before palming my face to mask the silent tears I
