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bove through the city, du first, it was a light diizzie, but it quickly turned into a heavy downpour… –
Het phone chaned with a WhatsApp gentilication from Eric While appeared light, Victoria quirky checked her message, which contained a vide
The footage appeared to have been secretly filmed though a crack in the VIP room’s door. shamed Samuel taking one swig of wine after another. Victoria let out a soft sigh as she pat–desem her phone
Just then, she noticed an elderly woman slowly walking in front of her cat and lying down in the can. Victoria was momentarily stunned, wondering if it was a scam artist
cantist trying to pull an
insurance fraud
In any other clicumstance, she would have loved to see how these street con artions operated, but right now, she was in a harry to deliver the hangover soup so Samuel. Unable to back up her cas, she had no choice but to step out into the heavy rain, becoming drenched within seconds.
Victoria glanced at the old woman lying in front of her car, confirming her suspicions—it was definitely a setup. Then, she returned to her car tocall the police.
Just before daling 911, a tall, din yang man appeased with an umbrella and hurriedly helped the elderly woman up. Sering this, Yeteria hesitated and lowered her phone the steppedou at het cat again, but when the young man looked up, she stumbled backward in shock
He approached her with his umbrella and said with teary eyes, “atiss, I’m so sorry. Pleine don’t hold this against my grandmother – she only did this because she was desperata”
—she only did this because
Victoria stand at his face, speechless, Hosteamies bore a striking resemblance to Sebastian, almost like looking at a 17–year–old version of him
The young man continued speaking, bet Victoria could only hear a ringing in her ears—these ringing she had experienced when Sebastianet. She could not make out his words, only seeing his face moving in slow motion.
Lost in memories, the reached out to touch the boy’s face, her eyes welling up as she whispered.“well”
Could really be her beloved Sebastian?
The moment her hand touched his face, her phone rang from inside the car. Eric’s call snapped her back to reality, and the hand, drawing her gars away from the boy’s face,
She thought, “Ma. It’s impossible. Sub is long gone. I’ve arranged hic funeral myself“.
Looking at the young man again, she noticed that while there was a strong resemblance, it was not Sebastian. Since the elderly woman had given up on the scam, victoria get back in her car. answered the call and continued driving boward the nightclub
As she drove distractedly, her thoughts kept drining back to the young man’s face. His build and features were so similar, making her recall the young Sebastian–sa bright and gentle, always waving at her with a warm saik
Victoria had mer Setarian in eighth grade when she was 15. He was a brandher thudent, a year older th her.
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She remembered the day their teacher brought him in the classroom–his clean–cut appearance, paler demeanor, and seemingly shy rate. He was aged to strast shed, and she recalled the subtle scent of roses that accompanied him. Her first impression of him wa his two small damples when he smiled, and his skin was fair and flawless.
sebastian was polite to everyone but alitaju uered cautious. The first real intimaction happened when the class president was collecting class fees, and she noticed his embarrassment.
Without hesitation, the paid for both of them–it was not much, just a few dollars. Yet, Sebastian blushed at her simple pesture.
He fought his embarrassment as be quietly told her, Thankyou, FIL 1’1 pay you back.”
His voice wasip and plant to heat.
Back then, Victoria had wondered–just how fragile and starved for kindness someone had to be to blush over such a small act of generosity,
After than day, they became friends, and Sebastian devoted him dark, wanting to repay a single art of Kinchessa thousand
to her completely, an if he SAVE.
the would pick the star on the sky junt
for her. Deceminded herein
her si a child emerging from
Victoria and Sebutan officially became a couple in ninth grade when the wasting strictly forbidden at their school back then, but despite their young age and naive understanding of love, they chose each other with unwavering certainty.
Sebastian was an orphan who had grown up in a foster home. He could only attend school because, at age seven, a wealthy family had taken in the garden, andthey sponsored his education.
Bring the heiress The Corporation, Victoria’s relationship with Sebastian drew mockery from the male classmate, who claimed he was aching way out of his league. Ten, Sebastian ignored all the postp and stood proudly by her side.
Later, ditern by jealousy, others called him
him a beggar and a gold–d
(and a gold–digger. Even as, he remained undanding his dies and promising that a day he would make something of
And so, amid all the whispers and judgment, they stood by each other’s side for ten years.
When Viraala aached at the nighclub, she found Samuel VIP room and was hit by the strong smell of cigarettes and hal as she opened the door. There were over a dozen people Inside
-about she men and right women, all wearing heavy makeup for Bachel, who wore natural–looking makeup,
In the dimly incom, Samet sat on the central couch, looking slightly drunk, with Barbel next to him, their fingers intertwined. The group of men were Samuel’s old friends–spalled sich
how up together, whom Victoria had met a few times beloon.
a Virkonda restes ad, nuking wet, all eyes carned to be. One of the men mocked, “Well, well, Samuel, if in Jan’t Virtalarning to chuck up on you?”
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ng the humilation, Virtueladot care the only warded Samuel to stop baiming his health, if anything happened to him, Sebastian’s heartwater to All the
I was for burn to play bealthy and keep febastian’s heart indari.
| mai vraždy asaroyed at Vetola’s appealaner, making no effort tukade kia contempt as he muttrend ander his breath, “Her? Who does the think she is to check up on me?
mased kan dudala, riebing brake him and speaking as prostly as she could, “Samuel, please stop dilsking, tane poodle your health”
There were märkers at modthem. Vilikla aried as it dhe didn’t hear them. “Samuel a’s land, stap dinding okay? fat
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Samuel nodded. “Yes, you
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It wasn’t that she was haming. Alles is years of knowing Samuel, Mille would
She knew
was a pityman and always made unreasonable demand to prove his dentate in front of hidlands,
How pathetic. Hishagdeegenmant terbangla Valoda, but shecould play aking
Ashe wasping the wine, Samuel anklenly asked, “ling, have pooran lemmiklundbeloner
Victoria face and Blinked in Barpine “What?”
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Vitaly caught on and dev
She turned to the armedvares andher and wanted as her husband kissed arexiley manat, yet she remained cali
the shank her head samueland Sebastian wete sodilleras for decorjat made her feel
Imation Sebastian’s heart, she would never haverrossed pathu with someone kie Samuel
Aber what new medikuluoem, Sammart finally released Rachelandtumedio Victoria immling
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Victoria had no intencions of dragging this out. She finished procing ilar wine and mood ap to leave, that as die merend, she accidentally knocked over the wine glass.
The glass shared, and red wine splashedoara Rachelsing
Samuel lost his composure when he saw the wine diglers in Rachel. He stood up and slapped Victoria across the face “You did that on purpose, diba’t you?
Viena la barely registered his words. Her head had been whipped to the slide from the force of the slap. She gently covered bars berning check, feeling tla maring pan sporaðarinn her skin.
Her ears began toring The sounding sounds blurredintaan indiatimet nodes, king in hard to understand what ampster was saying
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When she was younger, bei parents had never laila hand on lani smatrat home mischleromado wan
And in the ten years she had berzi michi Bebastian, he had always ferated!
But after six years of marriage with fansiel, this was what she received in jetin after all the care and patience she had given him Vetoria thought for would at least have some banke decency and learn her with masa dignity mannil han ikla’t love or even despite her
De bevei Magined Samuel would one day for fu
That wine sjell was an accident and she could have apologized. Anyone else would accept an apukter,
da ben bearing peburned, Victoria became aware of the whispers and strange plannen antand bar
an wereld pushably berak den andray if Darkt husband slapped them in front of the leasband’s mistress, delers, and stampers.
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