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| pressed my hand against the cool windowpane. “The
engagement document... that’s real. It’s from before | even met
him.”
“They're twisting everything. And you know the worst part?”
Rose's voice cracked with emotion. “People are eating it up.
Hashtags are trending. ‘Poor Chole! ‘Homewrecker Luna. | can’t
even read the comments.”
| bit my bottom lip, trying to suppress the emotions boiling
inside me. “It doesn’t matter what the truth is, does it? If enough
people believe a lie... it becomes the truth.”
“No,” Rose said firmly. “You're not going to start thinking like
that. You've been through hell and kept your dignity intact.
You're not going to give that up now!”
| sank onto the edge of the bed, fingers trembling. “I don’t even
know how to defend myself against all of it. It’s like they wrote
the whole story in advance, and I'm just playing the villain.”
“Then rewrite the script,” Rose shot back. “Do what you did at
the charity gala. Hit back-loud and clear. You have the real evidence, Olivia. The recordings. The bruises. The
timelines.”
| rubbed my forehead, heart heavy. “What if everything Chole
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said... what if people think it’s true? The engagement was real.
That photo-maybe it was staged, but | was really there. | did
ask for fifty percent. The evidence is overwhelming.”
Olivia's POV
“Olivia.” Her voice cracked with fury. “I swear to god-if | could
teleport myself into that press room, I'd have clawed Amelia's
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| didn’t say anything. | didn’t have the energy to.
“I mean, what the hell is this? A childhood engagement? When
did they get married 10 years ago, when there was no existence
of Chole in Ethan's life? What kind of sick logic-"
“Rose-"
“No. No, letspeak,” she said, her tone sharp but trembling. “I
need to say this. | need to get it out.””
“I would put my entire damn life on the line for you, Olivia,”
Rose said, her voice breaking. “You arenotthat kind of person.
I've seen who you are. I'velivedwho you are. The world is losing
its damn mind if they're buying this trash.”
| swallowed hard, but didn’t respond.
“And Chole? Don’t even getstarted on her manipulative little act. Suicide threats? Damsel in distress? She's
playing
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people like a damn violin. And Ethan-" She made a sound like a scoff. “If | had a dollar for every man who
confused guilt for
love, I'd be richer than the Hawthornes.””
My throat tightened. | forced myself to stay quiet.
“I remember when he was obsessed with you,” Rose continued, her voice softer now. “Do you remember? You'd
be at work, he'd send flowers. You'd sneeze and he'd panic like the apocalypse was coming. | thought,damn, this
girl's found her fairy tale. And then-" Her voice cracked. “You were there for me. When my dad passed and |
couldn't get out of bed for weeks,youshowed up. You madeshower, you fed me, you pulledthrough.”
“Rose...” | finally said..
“You saved me, Olivia. You don’t deserve to be the villain in
anyone's story.”
“I'm not trying to be,” | said quietly.
“I know,” she whispered. “Lethelp. Letgo live or tweet or scream this from the rooftops-"
“No,” | cut her off gently. “I appreciate it. But | can handle this
myself.”
There was silence on the line. Then, finally, Rose exhaled. hate this. | hate feeling helpless.”
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“I know.”
“I love you,” she said firmly.
“I love you too.”
She hung up with a reluctant sigh.
The moment the line went dead, the relief I'd been holding
together cracked like glass.
| set the phone aside and let out a shaky breath.
For the next hour, my phone didn’t stop buzzing. Messages,
mentions, missed calls. But not from my parents.
That silence hurt more than anything.
They must've seen it. Or would see it soon.
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Why didn’t | trust what they saw before | did?
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