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Fucking breathtaking.
I fell asleep, holding her closer to me. She was the only woman I ever cared for. I woke up excited for the future, reaching for her. Except she wasn’t there, and her side wasn’t warm.
I groggily opened my eyes, searching for her. “Hazel!” I hollered, waiting for a response.
It was only then I noticed a note on her pillow. Smiling, I reached for it, expecting her to tell me she’d be back later or giving me her address. It was none of those things.
Instead, it read…
Payback’s a bitch. Go fuck yourself.
Ten
Ledger
Now: Three months later
I roared to my father, “They stole one of our best clients!”
“Ledger, you need to calm down.”
“Calm down?! You want me to calm down?! I’ve been busting my ass trying to—”
“We’ll make up for it. We don’t need their restaurant.”
“Restaurants! It’s a fucking franchise!”
“Ledger…”
I pulled my hair away from my face. “I can’t believe you’re taking this lying down.”
“Chance is family. I’m not like his parents. I won’t stoop that low.”
“Yeah, well if I was in charge—”
“You’re not,” he snapped. “I am.”
“This is bullshit!”
“You don’t think I’m pissed? I’m furious, but I won’t let them get the best of me. Especially when we have a house full of people for your sister’s graduation party.”
With a sigh, I shook my head, disappointed he didn’t want to take them down.
I was seething.
Seeing only red.
Bright. Fucking. Red.
“This isn’t over.”
He stood from his desk. “It is for now.”
Over the past few months, it seemed to be one thing after another. Starting and ending with Hazel fucking Blakely. I hadn’t seen her since the night she fucked me over.
I tried calling her, but she changed her number. I even went to her apartment that morning, ready to put up one hell of a fight. However, she didn’t live there anymore, and it wasn’t like I could ask her brother for her new address.
As far as he was concerned, we’d lost touch after she moved to New York. Thinking about what she did to me only fueled my anger toward the direction my life had shifted.
