{"id":500,"date":"2026-01-21T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/?p=500"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:37:02","slug":"paper-vows-novel-chapter-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/paper-vows-novel-chapter-14\/","title":{"rendered":"PAPER VOWS Novel Chapter 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PAPER VOWS<\/div>\n
CHAPTER 14 (SPONSORED BY Anonymous)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDante!\u201d I roughly knock on his car window. People really change. Is this the same Dante who used to open doors for me, who is now ignoring me? I am literally knocking on his car window, and he is ignoring me. I don\u2019t care that he looks like he is on the phone, but I am in front of him. I am not even here to cause drama. I just want to talk to him. \u201cDante Lyon, open this window.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He finally rolls down the window. I take a deep breath when he finally gives me attention. I haven\u2019t seen this man in a year, and he looks fine as he always does. He is wearing a black t-shirt and what looks like black sweatpants.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Without even getting out of the car, Dante says, \u201cCan I help you, Miss Willow?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I scoff. Did this man just call me Miss Willow? Since when am I Miss to him? \u201cCan we talk Dante?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe cannot talk, Aria. You are my ex-girlfriend, I have nothing to talk to you about. This also won\u2019t look good to my woman.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I chuckle, folding my arms, \u201cYou care about a woman. That\u2019s a first.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cCan you move your car? I have things to do.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou told your people not to open the gate for me. Not only that, but you blocked me on WhatsApp and my phone number. I didn\u2019t know we were enemies now,\u201d I say to him.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Still in his car, ignoring that the sun is burning me out here, he says, \u201cAria, why are you here? You and I have no business together. We broke up a year ago \u2013 let me rephrase that, you left me. Why are you here?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI want to talk.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cTalk then, I have things to do,\u201d he answers, picking up his phone and focusing on it. Is this Dante? Is this the same man I used to love? When he realises that I am not saying anything, he looks at me and says, \u201cAre you just going to stand there and look at me or say something?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDo you love her? I am talking about your new woman?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t have to say anything to you. You are my past; my current is not your business. Now, please move your car before I run into it,\u201d he says, seeming very irritated with talking to me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDid you ever love me?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He answers, \u201cWhat would my answer do, Aria. What change will it make?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt will make me feel better.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He answers, \u201cI did love you, happy?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cA little. I am surprised how your new woman is all over the media, yet you couldn\u2019t even take a picture with me.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is what it is, Aria. Is that all?\u201d No emotions whatever, but then this is Dante – ever serious.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cCan I come in? I need to pee. I had a few glasses of gin.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He looks at me like I irritate him. This is the same man who used to bury his head between my legs. We were so in love back then. He might have been busy, but Dante knows how to love a woman.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cGo to your house, Aria. I cannot let you into my house. You are my ex-girlfriend, and I know you have drama. I don\u2019t want you in my house.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Does having a girlfriend make him stop being human? I want to use the bathroom, not do something crazy. \u201cAm I supposed to pee on myself?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDo whatever you want, Aria, I don\u2019t want you in my house.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cFine, I will do it here then,\u201d I push down my shorts, hoping he would show some humanity, but the man ignores me. I pee right there in front of him. Is Dante crazy? I really needed to use the bathroom. When done, I pull my shorts and say, \u201cI cannot believe you.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIf you are done, you can leave.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou are a horrible human being, I hope your new woman knows that.\u201d I furiously stride back to the car.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Kelly gets out and opens the door for me. I cannot believe Dante let me embarrass myself like that. I hope no one caught that \u2013 even if they did, I don\u2019t care. No bad thing about me circles around. People know to leave my name alone \u2013 I don\u2019t mind suing people.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDrive Zach! Do I have to tell you everything?\u201d I yell at him. Doesn\u2019t he see that I am ready to leave? Zach starts the car. We see Dante reverse a little to give us passage to turn around.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dante can be mean all he wants. I know what kind of a man he is. Soon, that woman of his will see it too and leave him. That relationship will be over in no time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cGive me my alcohol,\u201d I say to Kelly, who hands me the bottle. I sit back as Zach drives us back home. I should have just listened to Paula; now I have embarrassed myself in front of a man.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I look at Kelly when she clears her throat. She better not try me because I will fire her. She softly says, \u201cPaula was calling you, Miss Willow.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I roll my eyes and reach for my phone that is on the seat. I attend to Paula, telling her that I am on my way back home. I will explain everything when I get back to the house. My mind goes back to Dante. Does it mean he hates me now? Did he block me after we separeted together or after he got with his new woman?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat time is it, Kelly?\u201d I ask her.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t have a watch or my phone with me, Miss Willow.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I shake my head in disbelief. This person gets paid to work for me, yet cannot even give me time. As soon as we get home, I tell Kelly to tell Paula we are back while I go to my room to change, clean up and wash my hands. I need to change because that man made me pee outside like I am some animal. I will not forgive Dante for the way he treated me today. When I get back to my room, I find Paula there. I see Kelly got us more alcohol.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cHey babe,\u201d Paula gets off the bed and comes to hug me. I am now wearing denim shorts with a pick tank top.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou were right, I shouldn\u2019t have gone there.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI am so sorry, come, let\u2019s sit down,\u201d she leads me to bed and we sit. She hands me a glass of gin and asks, \u201cWhat happened when you got there?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhen I got here, they wouldn\u2019t even let me in. At the gate, they said Dante gave the order not to let me in.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Paula looks shocked by this. This is exactly how I felt when those men wouldn\u2019t let me in. \u201cWhy? It\u2019s not like you two are fighting. You two ended things civilly.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt turns out I have been blocked all along. You should have seen him today, Paula. He treated me like I was nothing \u2013 like I am one of his helpers.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Paula shakes his head, sipping on her alcohol. \u201cHis new relationship must be getting to his head.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cClearly, this is not the same man I experienced a year ago.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cDon\u2019t mind him, Ari. You are a beautiful woman, you will get someone better than him,\u201d says Paula.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cA part of me still wants him. The way he is acting now is exactly how I wanted him to act. Why couldn\u2019t he do all that with me?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Paula answers, \u201cWe don\u2019t know what is really going on between them. Maybe he is just doing it for show. If he is really a bad man, then his actions will show.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou are right. That woman will see what kind of man Dante is.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cNow forget about him. We could go out, maybe hit the club?\u201d Paula suggests.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cHow do we go out when the only good clubs in GoldenRock are owned by that man? It will just remind me of him.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Paula says, \u201cWe also could stay here, that\u2019s fine too.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou should have seen him today. It was like I don\u2019t exist in his world, like we never shared anything special. Dante and I used to be so in love. He used to promise me the heavens and the earth.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou two separated a year ago, maybe you should accept that he has moved on,\u201d says Paula and I give her the look. Does she think I don\u2019t know this? Can\u2019t she see that I am hurt that the same man who made excuses with me is doing things differently with his new woman?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThat girl isn\u2019t even that pretty for him to be showing her all over like that.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cNot to be mean, she is not even in his league. That man is a billionaire – she is a nobody. Dante really downgraded there. Is she maybe a one nightstand that got pregnant? Something is fishy about this whole relationship,\u201d says Paula.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I sit with my legs folded, thinking about it. She could be onto something. Dante is trying to cover up something. Maybe he met her at one of his clubs. Maybe she is pregnant now, he is trying to make it seem like they are in love. He is concerned about his reputation. Paula and I go through Jade Marshal\u2019s Facebook account. This girl posts almost every day. She looks like those types who post every day when about to leave for work. For some reason, this week she last posted on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIs it me or her stomach looks a little bigger in her last photo? She looks pregnant,\u201d I say to Paula.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cShe does look pregnant. Why do you think she hasn\u2019t posted since Wednesday?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Then it clicks. \u201cOn Twitter, I saw that she is a former SP Fashions employee. I think Dante told her to quit so they can soft launch their relationship.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Paula looks at me and says, \u201cDo you want to be messy and start the pregnancy speculations? We can use a ghost account.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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