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That deceitful whore who’d stolen my man.
I couldn’t believe my eyes the day she walked into my class a year ago. I thought perhaps it was a cruel coincidence, but no. Her face had haunted me for twenty long years.
After thoroughly abusing my teaching privileges at the university and calling in a few favors, I discovered that Atlas Beck was the baby my best friend had given away.
I was the only one outside of Jada’s family who knew about the baby since her parents had wanted to keep it quiet that their sixteen-year-old daughter had gotten knocked up.
I’d only seen the picture of the baby that Jada carried around once, but I could never forget those star-shaped markings or the feeling of utter betrayal from the boy I’d loved quietly from the sidelines.
It was bad enough that he’d fucked Jada, but to give her his child?
I couldn’t forgive him. I wouldn’t.
Until I realized the gift fate had given me. Rowdy would never see me as long as Jada had her claws in him. She’d been the only one of his numerous fuck buddies to last so long. Twenty goddamn years. It seemed nothing would free him from her spell—except proof of her betrayal. I couldn’t be the one to expose her, of course. Too messy.
So…I sent Atlas to do my dirty work for me, and with all her emotional trauma, it had been all too easy. I just hadn’t expected the bitch to go and fall in love with him first.
Now, I guess that young whore had found me out and wanted to play. Following Atlas to the grocery store had been stupid, but the cat was out of the bag now, so let the real games begin.
I had already begun plans to dispose of her now that she wasn’t needed anymore. Rowdy and Jada were done, and I could step in to pick up the pieces without losing the only friend I’d ever made—even if it was someone as selfish and foolish as Jada Dorsey.
She’d known back then how much I liked Rowdy. I’d been stupid enough to confide in her many times, but she’d always laugh and tell me how I didn’t stand a chance. And then, to throw salt in the wound, she went and fucked him and got pregnant.
After leaving campus, I drove straight home and went into my office. I then pulled out the elegant leather gloves and stationary I kept in my desk drawer. There was no more need for anonymity, but I still had one more trick left up my sleeve.
I hadn’t counted on how devious Atlas was or her poisoning Rowdy’s mind so thoroughly that he would defy the laws of nature just to be with her.
This was not the man I fell in love with. A man so sick he would fuck his own daughter. It wasn’t his fault. Like Jada, he just needed to be freed from Atlas’s hold.
So I penned three letters.
One to Kareena Beck for if she ever woke up, another to the Wrays, and the third to a local radio station in Idlewild.
At the moment, Rowdy and Atlas were each other’s twisted secret. Let’s see their love survive their friends’ and families’ scrutiny—thepublic’sscrutiny.
By now, they will have done a DNA test, but I wanted to be sure that once the results came back, they’d have no choice but to walk away.
I was sealing the last envelope when the doorbell rang. I left my office to answer the door and my knees nearly gave out when I foundhimstanding on the other side.
“Rowdy?”
“Sup, Sissy? Did I catch you at a bad time?”
“N-no. What are you doing here?”
He shrugged those shoulders I’d always admired so much. I longed to feel them under my hands as he drove into me. “You kept saying you wanted to link up, and I was in town so…”
“With her.”
“With who?” he shot back smoothly. “I’m here with you.”
“I…yes.” I ignored the nervous flutter in my belly and said, “Do you want to come in?”
“Cool.” He moved closer to come inside, and the smell of his cologne almost sent me to my knees.
I backed away and watched him shut the door behind him. “Do you want something to drink?”
“You got Hennessy?”
