No mater what you feel you mine\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
No matter what you feel, you\u2019re mine\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cViolet, I\u2019m so sorry. Please don\u2019t be angry at Matthew and me. If you are, don\u2019t take it out on him. Take it out on me instead,\u201d Nora said as she wrapped her arms around Violet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I watched Violet\u2019s face carefully. Her arms hung stiff at her sides. A slight shiver ran through her, one I recognized all too well. She only did that when something disgusted her. It was like her skin couldn\u2019t stand the contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She lifted her gaze slowly and met mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The warmth in her gaze was gone, the kind that used to make me feel like I was the only person in the room. Now, her eyes were cold and distant. It wasn\u2019t anger anymore. She looked at me like I was just another stranger in a crowded room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People started whispering around us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn, is that Matthew Sinclair?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it is. Omg, he looks even better than in the pictures.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what\u2019s he doing here? Didn\u2019t they break up?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Break up?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I clenched my jaw. My hands curled into fists at my sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is that what she\u2019s been telling people? That we\u2019re broken up? Like she could just walk away from me that easily?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What the hell was she thinking?\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I came home and saw she was gone. Her things were packed. I was furious. Nora told me everything that happened, but I still couldn\u2019t believe she felt like she had to leave. I called her, over and over, but she never picked up. Not one reply to my texts. She didn\u2019t come back to the penthouse. And now she was here, acting like I didn\u2019t even exist?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nora finally stepped back. \u201cViolet, why aren\u2019t you saying anything? Are you really that angry at us? I already apologized. Can\u2019t you just forget what happened that night?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She glanced at me, then back at Violet. \u201cMatthew didn\u2019t mean to save me, his protective instincts just kicked in. We\u2019re close, you know that. He\u2019s even here to make it up to you. Do you know how busy he is? He came all this way for you, and you\u2019re just standing there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Violet still didn\u2019t say anything. She ignored her completely. I was about to speak when another voice piped up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Violet.\u201d Riley walked beside Nora, a smile stretching across her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you being so difficult?\u201d she said sweetly. \u201cCan\u2019t you see how hard this has been for everyone? You\u2019re dragging this out. You\u2019re being dramatic about something so small. Don\u2019t you know Nora has a heart condition? This kind of emotional stress could really affect her. Do you really want to be responsible for making her condition worse?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hallway buzzed again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s so cold\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWow, she really is mean.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPoor Nora, she is just trying to be nice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
mestor what you feel youre mene\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
I ran a hand through my hair, my head spinning, completely exhausted. This wasn\u2019t how I wanted things to go. I didn\u2019t come here to cause a scene or make her look like the villain in front of everyone. I came because I wanted her back. My secretary had said she was probably acting this way because she needed affection, that if I just showed her I cared, gave her attention, and apologized, shed stop being so dramatic and come home\u00a0<\/p>\n
Violet wasn\u2019t like other women. She never cared about the money, she made it clear she was with me because she loved me. That was one of the reasons I loved her. From the moment we met as kids, she was warm, kind, and completely out of reach for someone like me. Her parents used to donate to the orphanage I lived in. She and her brothers would come along during visits, that\u2019s how we met.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I fell for her back then. And years later, when we crossed paths again, I fell all over again. But lately, especially last night, she\u2019d been different.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet out of my way.\u201d Violet calmly said. Nora and Riley didn\u2019t move. Nora reached out, gently taking Violet\u2019s hand. \u201cViolet, p\u2013please listen. I-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Violet yanked her hand back like Nora\u2019s touch burned. Her eyes narrowed. \u201cYou might have all the time in the world for your performance, but I\u2019m genuinely really busy. have other things to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Performance?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nora pulled Violet\u2019s hand again, looking like she was about to cry. \u201cWhy are you treating me this way, Violet? Please\u2026 don\u2019t be jealous. Matthew and my relationship is not like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something in my chest warmed. Even after all this, Nora was still trying to help us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the blink of an eye, Violet pulled her hand back with force and shoved past them both. Nora stumbled back, gasping. Riley rushed forward to steady her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell are you doing? Do you want to injure her?\u201d she snapped at Violet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Violet didn\u2019t even turn around. She just kept walking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t take it anymore. I grabbed her wrist, spun her back around. \u201cThat\u2019s enough, Violet. There\u2019s only so much I can tolerate. Don\u2019t start crashing out like this-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked at me. \u201cLet me go, or are you going to touch me without my permission too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I released her immediately. She walked away, and I turned back toward Nora. She was still on the floor, rubbing her ankle. \u201cAre you okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She nodded. \u201cMy ankle hurts a little.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley,\u201d I said, already helping her to her feet, \u201cplease help me get her to the nurse.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley stepped in with a bright smile. \u201cOf course, Matthew.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I let Nora lean on her, and turned back toward the exit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had to find Violet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time I caught up, she was nearly at the school gate, her hoodie up, fists clenched. I stepped in front of her again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cwill you calm down for a moment and listen?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked up at me. Her chest was rising and falling faster now, and for the first time since I got here, she looked\u00a0<\/p>\n
affected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t you just leave me alone, Matthew?\u201d she snapped. \u201cWhy are you here, making things hard for me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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