“Scarlett?”

A chilly, empty room answered us.

Turning on the sunshine, I hurried inside and got here to a cease within the lounge, then I headed straight for the bed room. The doorways of the closet have been nonetheless open and empty. There wasn’t a single signal for her besides one factor.

The gown I had purchased her was draped on the mattress, wrapped safely in its mud sheet.

She had left it behind.

A lump shaped in my throat as I stared at it and an sudden warmth prickled behind my eyes. Turning again to the lounge, Sebastian’s head was down watching his telephone.

“Seb?” Strolling ahead, I finished a foot away as he lifted his head, his face grim.

“She emailed me.”

My coronary heart lifted. I dared to hope. “And?”

“She mentioned—.” His voice caught in his throat. “She mentioned she’s going to honor the signed contract between us, however solely till the top of time period. After that…”

My pulse pounded violently behind my eyes. “After that?” I prompted once more, undecided I even wished to listen to the remainder.

“After that, we will all go to hell. She doesn’t wish to see or hear from any of us ever once more. Take that to Toby you asshole.”

Sebastian’s mouth wavered and my legs gave means. Sinking into the sofa, my coronary heart shattered.

We fucked up.

And now… Scarlett was gone.

30

SCARLETT

Actuality was uninteresting.

Returning dwelling to Half Financial institution and leaving town behind hadn’t been as arduous as turning up on Lily’s doorstep at 6 within the morning and collapsing into my arms. I cried my coronary heart out, pouring all my ache and betrayal onto my pal’s shoulder after which a number of bottles of wine.

By late afternoon, I didn’t really feel any higher, however I thanked Lily for caring for me and dragged myself dwelling to my empty cottage. A cottage that was now 100% mine.

Letting myself in, I used to be greeted by the stench of outdated take-out meals and a multitude left behind by Shane. Two days later, I noticed Shane had stolen a number of of my ornaments and all of the money from the vacation bottle that lived above the fridge. However I couldn’t convey myself to care.

I used to be heartbroken.

The coldness in my cottage matched the coldness in my coronary heart. Each time the passing numbness light, I used to be struck by how silly I had been. How simply I had been taken in by three beautiful males to date out of my league. What a idiot I used to be to assume that they have been genuinely fascinated about me, to comply with these emotions of affection and embarrass myself by giving them roses.

What a lark that should have been for them to face there and conceal their smiles whereas I carried on fully clueless.

I used to be nothing to them.

Nothing greater than a ploy to assist Toby weasel me out of the Property.

And it harm.

The crippling ache in my chest refused to fade, making sleep inconceivable. Stressed sleep full of my errors and a ache I couldn’t run from, not even within the security of my very own mattress.

A mattress that Shane had cheated on me in.

Out of the blue, the cottage was the very last thing on earth that I wished. It was now a horrible reminder of Shane’s infidelity and the betrayal of Lucas, Sebastian, and Danny.

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