The room was shrouded in darkness, and all I could feel were countless hands roaming over my body.
The sound of fabric tearing mingled with the men’s raucous laughter, a relentless buzzing that pounded against my eardrums.
But inside, I was counting down in silence.
Three.
Two.
One.
Bang!
The door slammed open, sunlight flooding the room.
Kelvin charged in like a wild animal unleashed, fists flying in a frenzy.
Blood, screams, panic–everyone scattered.
When it was just the two of us left, I played up the drug’s effects, feigning confusion. I reached out, hooked my arms around his neck, and kissed him.
Maybe it was revenge. Maybe I really just craved his body.
This fleeting love–I’d allow myself to indulge just this once.
When Susan burst in with the rest of the class, what she saw wasn’t the chaos she’d expected.
Instead, I was curled lazily in Kelvin’s arms, tracing circles on his chest with my fingertip.
Her smug smile froze, then twisted into something ugly.
“Ahh!”
Her scream nearly blew the roof ofl.
She pointed at me, wild–eyed, teetering on the edge of madness.
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“Natasha, you’re just like your mother–a filthy man–stealing bitch!”
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I calmly straightened my clothes, grinning as I slid off the bed. “Kelvin’s my boyfriend, Susan. What right do you have to make a scene here?”
“Or is it“-I stepped closer, lowering my voice-“that you’re just like your mom? Always chasing after someone else’s man?”
Susan hadn’t expected me to turn the tables. She was left speechless, choking on her own words.
“I can’t take this anymore!”
She ran out, face buried in her hands.
I knew her only card left was Kelvin. This was far from over.
So when Kelvin chased after her, I didn’t stop him.
I let everything play out.
Whatever happened next, I knew it would work in my favor.
On the second–floor balcony, Susan was leaning so far over the railing she looked like a broken butterfly about to fall.
“Kelvin, do you even love me? You promised we were just using her–so why did you sleep with her?”
Kelvin lit a cigarette, taking a few hard drags, the smoke blurring his conflicted face.
But I understood perfectly.
Guys like Kelvin, born into money, don’t know what real love is.
He’d stir up drama with Susan all day, then blow thousands at an exclusive club that night.
Even the night I agreed to date him, he was the same.
But I didn’t care.
All I wanted was to grab as many chips as I could before the game ended
Until I found his weak spot
That day, I deliberately walked in the rain, came down with a fever, and collapsed into his arms.
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For the first time, I told him about my family–how my dad cheated, how my mom lost her mind
at home.
I knew he’d once had a happy family too–until his mom was driven to suicide by his father’s
mistress.
His dad married the new woman the very next day.
Since then, Kelvin had spiraled, covering up his pain with reckless living.
So I ripped open my own wounds in front of him, showing him the raw, bloody truth.
That day, he held me tighter than ever.
Like he was clinging to the helpless boy he used to be.
From that moment on, I started to pry open a crack in his heart.
I planted the seed, watered it, and now it has finally taken root–grown into something that looks just like me.
The only thing I hadn’t told him was that Susan’s mother was the mistress who destroyed my family.
Some truths are best revealed by the guilty themselves–they make for a much bigger explosion.
I couldn’t wait to see his reaction when he finally found out.
