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"Oh please, Chloe," he cutbetween you two or you wouldn’t have been howling his na"

I bit my lip and looked toward the door

"Just … please" His voice dropped "Don’t do anything to piss him off"

My hand was heavy when I pushed on the trailer door, my exit done without a response I didn’t knohat to say, a hundred different e as I wove around cah the shadows of trailers I climbed the steps to Nicole’s trailer and said a silent prayer of thanks that she was shooting in Brooklyn At least I’d have a place of privacy, a moment to recover

I opened the door to her trailer and stepped inside, iant vase of flowers, a rabbed the card before my brain had a chance to stop it

It’ll always be us, Chloe Our souls are connected for eternity

I love you

I sank onto the floor, leaning against the door, the card dropping froh the tears, how early in the day Vic had ordered the arrange the order, that I was going to let him touch me, let him inside of me

Of course he had

He was Vic I was Chloe It was done

Confession of the guilty party brings a certain aht doesn’t have the sa our relationship, and told iven hiain It was the deception that killed h so many weak ht him, and forced his hand If he had stopped it on his own, un-coerced, and been honest … that would have made all the difference

We would have never broken up And I wouldn’t be here, working for her, and struggling with this guilt

I could tell Clarke I couldout his wife’s deceit

Instead I watched, hoping that Nicole would do the right thing And I prayed that when he did find out, that I wouldn’t be there to see theinto his face and seeing that pain

"This is stupid" That encouraging co her iPhone’s camera as a mirror to apply mascara

"It’s not stupid It’s s hot" Cammie winked and handed ht out" Cammie reached over to rub Dante’s arm He nodded noncommittally

"Dante?" I pressed from my spot behind him "Is this stupid or smart?"

His eyes met mine in the rearview mirror "His friend owns the place?"

"Yeah I saw hi out" I repeated the saed "Fifty-fifty chance he’s there"

I sighed "I know the odds I want to know if I’ht now? Yes, you look pathetic But he’s not going to know all this underhanded plotting you guys got going on He’s only going to see you there, partying He won’t figure it out"