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I turned on rippeddeep inside randfather had taughtit with his nose

“Son of a—” Mark dropped the pillow and grabbed his face as he stu over the bed

Hilary turned away, her face both proud ofhim completely nude

“What the hell is your problem?” Mackenzie slipped into her denim shorts that covered little of her ass, and then bent over to look at his busted face

My problerin cross my face

Filled with pride, I took one ed breath, and staggered back, nerves visible on her makeup-smeared face

I held h and walked aithout another word

I’d always been branded the sweet, perky blonde who looked for the good in everyone, but today I was no longer that girl Today I was a woman betrayed by a man unworthy of my affection or my loyalty

The huha painful lesson

The runore, were true I’d wasted countless hours fantasizing about our wedding, raising children, and the house ould build together

Hilary wrapped her ar me out the front door and down the stairs

I had corab aand instead I found so

Nothing et away Away fro stares, which would surface once Mackenzie’s side of the story began floating around our small town

Luckily, I had a place awaiting h I never officially lived there The quaint house, situated deep in the country, randparents willed to me a year earlier Mark said it was too far out of town to move there, but that was exactly what I needed

It sat vacant waiting for in the next chapter of my life…alone

Chapter One

One Year Later

“Slon, I can’t…keep up rasped her knees “Seriously, unless you plan on calling for help, this is as far as I can go”

With a snicker, I stood a few feet ahead of her jogging in place Hilary’s breathing had been growing heavier for a while and I was quietly waiting for her to call it

“I told you to stretch first,” I said, watching her chug from her water bottle

“I didn’t think it would burn this badly” She looked up at the sky with her brows knitted together “Not tome”

My legs stilled and I rested my hands on my hips “Hey, at least this town has a hot paramedic or two, you know, in case you collapse froer over ht, we should jog the entire way back”