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“You cheating, lying scum!”I explode as soon as James answers his front door, throwing the diamond ring in his face.
The ring I only wear when we’re together.
Never in public.
Not counting when we got hitched in Vegas and spent the weekend there.
Hot tears swell in my eyes.
I cried and cursed him the entire ride here.
I hate myself for how stupid I am.
“What the hell?” he asks.
He knows why I’m angry.
That’s why he told me not to go to the dorm.
Why he asked if she was there.
“You’re sleeping with Margie!” I shout.
“Who?” He rubs his chin, playing stupid while standing in the doorway.
I sweep my arms out, and my voice cracks. “My roommate! You’re screwing her!”
“Keep your fucking voice down,” he hisses.
“Screw you!”
The door swings open wider seconds before he clasps his hand around my elbow and tugs me inside, slamming the door behind us.
“Why would you do this to me?” I shriek, jerking out of his hold. “To us?”
My hands are shaking. My chin is trembling. My mind is racing.
James moves, standing tall in front of me, and shoves his hands into the pockets of his pants. “Baby, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
No sign of guilt or regret is on his face.
No sign of him feeling apologetic for ripping my heart out of my chest and stomping on it.
No longer do I see the man I fell for.
Now, I see a man with slicked-back dark hair, wearing an expensive button-up and black pants and a phony smile on his face.
James Cordry is a good-looking man in his thirties.
He’s a smooth talker. Successful. Intelligent. A liar.
The perfect storm for a naïve woman searching for love.
I loved him. Opened up to him. Changed myself and broke my values for him.
Did things I’d never thought I’d do—all in the name of love.
