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00:08my boyfriend body shamed me passed out in the middle of sex then woke up and said big boobs
00:14made him dizzy he gave me a hundred thousand dollars to get a breast reduction
00:25then i got a mysterious million dollar transfer don't listen to that idiot
00:33my name is lila and i was the girlfriend of carter reed golden boy of the midtown manhattan
00:39not for much longer though because i was about to ruin his life why not just dump him like a
00:47normal
00:47person because carter deserved worse he told me my body was wrong kept nagging me to get a breast
00:55reduction like it was a dental cleaning gave me a hundred grand and told me to just book it already
01:02and the whole time he was running a burner account flirting with other girls behind my back
01:08so after careful rational not at all unhinged consideration i decided the only appropriate
01:14response was to cheat on him first that night before bed i posted my first ever face reveal on
01:20my account with just under 10 000 followers caption looking for a hot boyfriend with zero drama
01:27requirements six feet pics and abs within 30 minutes my follower count exploded past a hundred thousand
01:34my dms were a war zone compliments thirst traps unsolicited cell phase guys offering to fly me to
01:42malgeavy but one message stood out don't you already have a boyfriend
01:53how did this person know i wasn't single i tapped on his profile same city as me blacked out profile
01:59picture no posts his bio was just one line patience pays something about it made my stomach flip
02:10this person definitely knew me god please don't let it be carter that would ruin everything
02:19i was still debating whether to reply when he beat me to it have you considered your boyfriend's
02:24feelings at all even if you want someone new you shouldn't be finding them on the internet
02:30there are so many creeps online you're gonna end up on a true crime podcast
02:35okay definitely not carter but judging by his tone he was close to carter so who the hell was this
02:43i stared at the chat and suddenly his username looked familiar
02:50did he have a thing for me i scrolled back and realized he'd been liking my posts for ages
02:55sometimes he even left comments carter didn't even know i had this account yet this guy had been
03:00following me all this time did he have a thing for me testing the waters i replied sounds like
03:08jealousy to me want to give it a shot
03:17the second i sent the message it showed as red my curiosity was fully hooked i'd met most of carter's
03:24friends which one of them had been secretly crushing on me a few seconds of silence in the
03:31chat then a string of messages came through what do you mean you want me to be your boyfriend
03:36don't joke around i'll be straight with you carter and i are good friends i would never do anything
03:41to betray him cute he lasted about four sentences before the moral high ground started crumbling
03:47well if you don't want to forget i said anything after sending it i closed the app turned off my
03:54phone and went to sleep men are so predictable they say no mean maybe and all you have to do
03:59is give
03:59it a few hours i slept beautifully the next morning i took my time made coffee did my skin care
04:08stretched in a patch of sunlight like a cat before i finally casually picked up my phone
04:15i already knew what i'd find a man who told me he would never betray his friend doesn't try to
04:20call
04:21you six times unless he's having a crisis sure enough bye what do you mean forget it explain
04:28yourself when you said you're looking for a boyfriend were you serious or just venting
04:32actually now that i think about it i could work but i don't do side piece you have to make
04:36it official
04:37why aren't you saying anything are you asleep or are you talking to some other guy one missed voice
04:42call i already said i'm down don't go looking for someone else two missed voice calls fine so what
04:49if it makes me the other man carter's no saint anyway he hires escorts and last time he was in
04:53saul he went to a maid cafe like some kind of freak i paused on that one escorts and maid
04:59cafes what
05:00the hell kind of fetish portfolio was my boyfriend running five missed voice calls you still there it's
05:05late get some rest good night i scrolled through everything with my coffee grinning he'd sent a heart
05:10emoji the exhalation was beautiful four hours that's how long his loyalty to carter lasted
05:16i was still scrolling when a new message popped up at the bottom of the screen
05:20good morning followed by a photo i tapped on it gray sweatpants long legs stretched across white
05:25sheets with nowhere to go natural light warm golden skin his forearm had veins running along it and his
05:32long fingers was resting in a location that was impossible to ignore the sweatpants left very
05:37little to the imagination and little was not the word i locked my phone pressed my cold coffee cup
05:44against my cheek and took a breath
05:48then i picked it back up and looked again and again
05:54this was pure seduction i quietly saved the photo face burning i thought
06:01he's not just well equipped he's gifted while i was brushing my teeth the doorbell rang downstairs
06:06mrs hal opened the door and immediately gasped lila come down here the biggest bouquet of roses i've ever
06:16seen roses how original i wandered downstairs walked over with a look of mild destine and glanced at the card
06:29then i noticed a jewelry box sitting on top of the flowers
06:33i opened it and my breath caught it was my bracelet
06:37the last gift my dad ever gave me after he died the company had a cash flow crisis
06:42and i sold off everything of value at auction including this bracelet
06:47i remembered it had been purchased by a foreign buyer for nearly three hundred thousand dollars
06:52i thought i'd never see it again carter's friend had somehow tracked down the buyer and bought it back
06:58for me my nose stung i blinked hard then opened our chat i got it thank you for bringing it
07:04back to me
07:04can you send me your bank info i couldn't pay it all back at once but i could manage installments
07:09i don't want your money i just want you
07:13i figured he'd refuse i didn't expect him to be that blunt about it six words no hesitation
07:19like he'd been waiting to say it i stared at the screen fingers hovering over the keyboard heart
07:24doing something stupid how do you even reply to that before i could figure it out a call came
07:30through carter reminding me not to forget about his friend's birthday party tonight don't wear anything
07:35revealing and wear a minimizer bra it makes them look smaller looks better i agreed to everything
07:40with a sweet voice like a perfect girlfriend then i hung up walked straight to my closet and pulled out
07:48the lowest cup evening gone i owned if carter wanted small i was going to give him a heart attack
07:55suck ya when i arrived carter was laughing with a group of people the second he saw what i was
08:02wearing his whole face collapsed he grabbed my arm and pulled me aside why the hell are you wearing
08:12that i didn't answer him didn't even look at him instead i looked past his shoulder into the crowd
08:17through a blur of wandering flirtation glances i crashed straight into a pair of dark unraidable eyes
08:22i'd been searching the crowd looking for him whoever he was but jade voss found me first he sat alone
08:28in
08:28the corner and his gaze locked onto me through the noise and the music like no one else existed for
08:34some reason i felt pinned in place i couldn't move he held my gaze a beat then looked away like
08:41i'd caught
08:42him drained his glass in one go smirked a little my heart was hummering could it be him
08:51i shut that idea down almost immediately no way not jude voss for as long as i'd known him the
08:59man had
09:00the emotional range of a concrete wall nothing interested him i'd seen him sit through an entire
09:08party without speaking to a single person every time i said hi i'd get a nod maybe if i was
09:16lucky the
09:17man used words like they cost him money forget liking me for a while i genuinely thought he hated me
09:28lila are you listening i'm talking to you carter waved his hand in my face i snapped back shook his
09:35hand off and smiled sweetly you don't think i look good tonight then i pushed my chest out
09:42just a little carter's face went green i took one more step toward him he slapped a hand over his
09:48mouth and sprinted to the bathroom let me explain my boyfriend had a phobia of large breasts a genuine
09:56medical grade loose consciousness level phobia bizarre right even more ridiculous he knew about
10:05this condition and still chased me for months as for how i found out about his little condition the
10:11first time we tried to sleep together i was ready to give him everything at the naked moment that was
10:16supposed to be beautiful he passed out eyes rolled back body went limp i thought he was having a seizure
10:24i panicked and threw a glass of ice water in his face
10:29he came to sputtering and i demanded an explanation
10:34that's when he told me the truth his ideal type was more of a runway model slim waist long legs
10:42flat
10:42chest i hit three out of four the fourth one was apparently a deal breaker for his nervous system
10:54suddenly everything made sense that's why he always wanted me in minimizer bras
11:00said he was worried other guys would stare
11:04bullshit he just couldn't handle it himself
11:08after that carter started body shaming me non-stop
11:13like some kind of internet troll except he was my boyfriend
11:17constantly picking apart my figure telling me what to wear what not to wear how to look smaller
11:22if he hated my body so much why chase me in the first place controlling freak that's when the
11:27cheating plan was born carter came back from the bathroom and brought up the surgery again
11:33before i could tell him to go fuck himself my phone buzzed unknown number your body is perfect
11:39carter's blind don't get the surgery my heart skipped it was him i bit my lip
11:45drained my champagne and texted back bathroom sex he seemed startled took forever to reply you
11:52sure dead sure this this is really sudden i'm not ready oh please forget it i'll find someone else
11:59wait i'll be there there we go
12:05i told carter i'd be right back i was about to stand when the door to the vip room swung
12:11open
12:12i looked up a woman in a maternity dress stood in the doorway she was scanning the room clearly
12:19looking for someone so some trust fund brat had knocked someone up i was mildly curious which
12:25asshole it was then the woman walked straight up to carter sobbing and demanding he take responsibility
12:29up close i could see why she was his type thin arms thin legs barely any chest even with pregnancy
12:35hormones flooding her system of course of course of course look i already had zero feelings left for
12:41carter but being pissed off was unavoidable after all i was in the middle of my own cheating scheme
12:47if anyone was going to be the cheater in this relationship it should have been me i thought
12:52carter was just flirting online turns out he'd already gotten someone pregnant plot twist the clown was me all
13:03along in our circle reputation mattered more than life i didn't give carter a chance to explain
13:10i slapped him hard across the face and walked out without looking back completely forgot about
13:15the bathroom meetup with my mystery man on the drive home the more i thought about it the worse
13:20i felt i wasn't heartbroken over carter i was humiliated i'd been planning my grand revenge and
13:25the whole time i was already the punchline i made a u-turn and headed straight for a bar
13:28getting cheated on plus having my revenge cheating plan backfire on me i deserved a drink
13:32i went to carter's usual spot and told the bartender to pull out every bottle he had on reserve
13:37bought rounds for every stranger in the place all on carter's tab i didn't start feeling better
13:43until his entire stash was gone a few glasses of liquor burned down my throat my head went fuzzy
13:49i glanced at the person sitting next to me he looked a lot like jude was he here drinking too
13:55no way
13:56carter always said jude didn't like places like this though somehow every time i came here with
14:01carter jude was there you okay he looked at me concerned i must have been truly hammered i was
14:08hallucinating now i shook my head hard lost my balance and my whole body started tipping backward
14:14before i could even yelp i landed in a solid pair of arms
14:19the embrace didn't last long he steadied me back onto my stool gentleman move hands off the second
14:26i was stable but his fingers passed my line of vision as he pulled away and somehow that image
14:31merged with the defined knuckles in the abe photo i'd saved jesus i needed to get a grip i ordered
14:38an
14:38ice water trying to sober up when i reached for it i accidentally lit up a phone screen nearby
14:46it wasn't my phone but the lock screen was a photo of me taken from an angle i'd never posed
14:53for
14:54then everything went black i woke up in bed looked around at the room my room for a second i
15:03thought
15:03i'd dreamed the whole thing but the headache was real the nausea was real and everything after that ice
15:09water was completely gone mrs hale came in with a glass of water and two afril i asked her who
15:16brought
15:16me home she lit up like it was christmas morning said it was a tall incredibly handsome young man way
15:21better looking than carter by the way she added that part on her way out grinning
15:29honestly carter wasn't bad looking you didn't get to be the golden boy of the midtown manhattan with a
15:36mediocre face so for mrs hale to say someone was better looking than him one face came to mind sharp
15:44jaw dark eyes the kind of face that made you forget what you were saying mid-sentence but jade voss
15:51didn't
15:51do secret admirer shit he barely did eye contact a man like that didn't pine he picked
15:59the more i thought about it the more my head spun
16:04fuck it i pulled up the security camera app on my laptop scrubbed to last night's type stamped a bentley
16:11with a vanity plate rolled into frame the driver opened the rear door and there i was curled up in
16:18jude's arms like a drunk kitten
16:26he nodded politely at mrs hale then carried me inside like i weighed nothing careful and steady
16:35he laid me on the bed pulled the covers up then leaned down and pressed his lips to my forehead
16:42like he thought no one would ever see oh my god i slammed the laptop shut so hard i almost
16:50cracked
16:50the screen my face was on fire i grabbed my phone opened our dms he'd sent a good morning text
16:58about an
16:59hour ago just that casual like he hadn't kissed my unconscious forehead 12 hours earlier i didn't love
17:07games but this man had been silently worshipping me from the shadows and now i had proof
17:14he deserved a little torture i've given up on love my heart is officially closed for business
17:28the reply was instant
17:33what no there's still real love out there okay it's just carter he's not worth it i bit my lip
17:41to
17:42keep from smiling
17:47you and carter are good friends i don't want to come between you two who said we're friends if he
17:54didn't keep shoving himself into my life i wouldn't give him the time of day carter's a total piece of
18:00shit i'm cutting him off right now not one second of hesitation he threw carter under the bus at the
18:12speed of light satisfied i sent an angel emoji did you miss me
18:23yes
18:28my stomach flipped i typed back
18:31prove it a photo loaded i gasped all the blood in my body rushed straight to my face nearly dropped
18:39my
18:39phone off the bed jude boss have you absolutely no shame
18:47i was yelling at him but i was also grinning so hard my cheeks hurt
18:54he didn't deny his identity instead he unsent the photo sent that by accident sorry
19:03followed by a wide-eyed puppy give
19:08yeah right i sent back along with an eye roll emoji jude completely unbothered replied with a heart
19:15emoji his directness left me dizzy i finally asked the question i'd been dying to know
19:21so when did you start liking me he replied fast
19:26the first time i saw you obviously i didn't buy it no way i remember you looking pissed off the
19:33entire
19:33time a guy who looked like jude was hard to miss i'd noticed him immediately at the time i thought
19:39he looked terrifying i'd gone 20 something years without feeling anything for anyone
19:47then the first girl who made my heart race turned out to be someone else's girlfriend
19:53you really think i could have smiled my cheeks started burning again
19:58i typed and deleted typed and deleted when i took too long to reply he launched into a full self
20:05-pitch
20:06just so you know i was starting quarterback in high school two years undefeated
20:10got recruited by yale princeton and columbia went with columbia because as it was closer to you
20:15kidding kind of i can bench 185 run a six-minute mile and make the best steak you've ever had
20:22in your
20:22life i'm also extremely good at taking care of people though i have no evidence to support that last
20:29claim so would you give me one chance to prove it
20:40the last message was followed by a puppy face give kind of adorable
20:47the contrast between quarterback columbia bench 185 and this dumb little puppy face was doing things to
20:55me but i wasn't that easy to sway a pretty resume was one thing following through was another
21:03carter had been just as impressive on paper when he was chasing me
21:11and look how that ended
21:15i needed to learn from my mistakes
21:18i was in the middle of talking myself out of it when my phone pinged
21:22bank notification one million four hundred dollars thirty thousand serves depotted memo
21:28seriously i stared at the number then counted the zeros again look i wasn't some girl who'd never seen
21:35money my dad left me plenty but we weren't even together yet and this man just wired me over a
21:43million dollars like it was a dinner tab the audacity was insane but so was the sincerity a new kind
21:50of
21:50flex wait speaking of money i still hadn't settled the bracelet thing with him why are you sending me
21:58money i still owe you for the bracelet he paused then repeated what he'd said before i don't want your
22:06money
22:06i just want you while i was still speechless he added once we're together all my money is yours anyway
22:19sincerity really is the ultimate weapon
22:24turning down a gorgeous man who's literally throwing money at you that's an unreasonable test of willpower
22:31after 10 seconds of internal struggle i followed my heart
22:35fine you can pursue me but i'm not promising you'll succeed i won't stop until i do
22:41followed by a goofy dog jeef i stared at the dumb little puppy on my screen and burst out laughing
22:49jude was a man of action once the chase was on he didn't waste time the next day the second
22:54my
22:55hangover wore off he asked me out he dressed casual today soft tan fabric that made him look far less
23:01intimidating than usual in the car the image of myself lying in his arms last night flashed through
23:07my mind my heart picked up speed judy didn't notice my little spiral because he was too busy being
23:12nervous himself when he got nervous his expression went haywire without a smile his face read distant
23:19and allure but if you looked closely the tips of his ears were red enough to bleed two fully grown
23:25adults acting like awkward teenagers jude barely said a word the entire time but being with him didn't
23:31feel bad and the restaurant he'd picked was exactly my taste while we waited for the car outside the
23:37restaurant a guy on a bicycle came pedaling towards us slowly jude grabbed my hand and pulled me behind
23:44him the cyclist looked at jude smooth move bro i burst out laughing jude laughed too his hand didn't let
23:53go
23:53of mine if anything he held on tighter our car pulled up before we could get in someone called my
24:00name
24:01i turned towards the voice and saw a face frozen in absolute shock carter
24:09carter stared at me and jude disbelief written across every feature his voice was shaking when did
24:15you two start hooking up you blocked me on everything and ghosted me and it's because of him this has
24:20nothing to do with you i shook off carter's hand and pulled jude toward the car
24:29carter shouted stepping in front of him jude
24:34what the hell is this you owe me an explanation jude looked at him calmly it's exactly what it looks
24:40like i'm pursuing lila carter swore then lunged forward and grabbed jude's collar what kind of friend
24:48are you lila is my girlfriend was jude pushed him off and straightened his shirt lila is going to be
25:00my girlfriend and then my wife that stunned more than just carter it stunned me too we weren't even
25:07officially together yet and he was already thinking about marriage while i stood there in a daze carter
25:12threw a punch at jude the two of them started brawling in the middle of the street carter looked bigger
25:16but
25:16it was all for show within seconds jed had him pinned the crowd of onlookers grew stop worried about
25:23making a scene i want to go home i tapped jude's shoulder jude stopped immediately
25:30the car peeled away leaving carter in a cloud of exhaust
25:37jude dropped me off at home said goodbye with a bruised face
25:42i didn't let him leave after i got out he followed me inside step by step mrs hale saw jude
25:50smiled and disappeared into her room interesting double standard when carter used to come over she'd
25:57hover like a guard dog terrified i'd be taken advantage of i told jude to sit in the living room
26:02and went to get the first aid kit when i came back i caught him staring at me not even
26:08blinking his
26:09gaze was nothing short of predatory but the second i looked directly at him he turned away in a panic
26:15i sat down next to him close closer than i needed to his whole body went rigid seeing him like
26:23that
26:23made me self-conscious too i just wanted to patch him up and get him out of here i leaned
26:28in to clean
26:29the cut on his cheekbone our faces were inches apart i could feel his breath on my neck warm and
26:34unsteady my fingers brushed his jaw and he swallowed hard everything was quiet so quiet i could hear
26:42both of us breathing his eyes dropped to my mouth just for a second then he looked away like he'd
26:47burned
26:48himself thump thump thump i stood up abruptly turning my back to him to rearrange the already
26:56organized first aid kit you're all patched up drive safe lila what low rough almost strained i pretended
27:08to be busy i think i need a little more help huh i turned around his nose was bleeding
27:16when jude left he had tissue suffed up both nostrils i found it so funny i took a photo and
27:20turned it into
27:21a meme to send him to salvage his dignity he fired back a barrage of fresh ab photos i appreciated
27:26each
27:27one tapped view full size and saved them all to my camera roll for research purposes over the next few
27:32days jude was out of town scouting a new project we couldn't see each other but we face tupped every
27:38night jude was busy usually didn't have free time until after eight that day for some reason he called an
27:46hour early i'd just gotten out of the shower all i had on was a towel my hair was still
27:52dripping wet
27:53when my phone started buzzing i was going to decline but a water droplet from my hair hit the screen
28:00and
28:00somehow accepted the call judd saw me and went completely still his eyes traveled from my wet hair
28:08to my bare shoulders to the towel clinging to the rest of me he swallowed hard did you just get
28:17out of
28:18the shower his voice came out a full octava lower than normal i was half-heartedly towel in my hair
28:28sorry bad timing on my end
28:36then hang up
28:39lila that voice again low horsky like something in him was starting to crack i pressed my lips together
28:49what could you bring the camera a little closer my towel had slipped about an inch down my chest
28:56i hadn't noticed he definitely had
29:01why before judd could answer i already knew his nose was bleeding again
29:08a towel slip and some wet hair that's all it took to make him bleed
29:13i hung up and couldn't help imagining what would happen when we actually fully saw each other oh god
29:18what was i even thinking even alone in my own bedroom i was dying of embarrassment
29:25when we face-toothed again i changed into regular going out clothes jude however was shirtless video
29:32hit different from photos i didn't know where to put my eyes stammered out why why did you take your
29:38shirt off i just got out of the shower oh lila that tone again what now i was really struggling
29:51earlier
29:51he didn't look like he was faking it it just wouldn't cooperate i had no choice but to take a
29:55cold shower
29:57but cold showers can only do so much he trailed off waiting for me to pick up the thread
30:02i nodded cooperatively
30:09you're absolutely right his eyes lit up so so just chop it off
30:21i hung up before he could respond and buried my face in my pillow
30:27the day judy got back i happened to be free so i agreed to pick him up at the airport
30:34since i was doing the pickup i might as well do it properly on the florist recommendation i bought a
30:41nice
30:41bouquet then i instantly regretted it i didn't expect jude to react that intensely to receiving
30:47flowers intensely as in he lifted me off the ground and spun me around in front of the entire arrivals
30:53terminal his assistants were cheering from the sidelines strangers were clapping i wanted to die
31:00i varied my face in his chest which was exactly what jude wanted he scooped me up bridal style and
31:06strolled leisurely toward the parking garage in the two months since jude and i officially got together
31:12we didn't see each other that often he'd just taken over his company and traveled constantly we
31:18mostly stayed in touch through texts and facetime like every other couple our conversations had zero
31:23substance every day revolved around what you eat are you tired today and i miss you one afternoon jude
31:30texted me during his lunch break don't want to work want to be inside you
31:40i choked on my coffee grabbed a napkin to wipe my mouth and kept it there to hide my burning
31:46face
31:49jude had a wolf living inside him a very horny wolf hello babe you there why are you ignoring me
31:58god is every guy this clingy when they're in a relationship
32:04sometimes i genuinely couldn't tell which one of us was the wife not here come on i really miss
32:10you babe at this rate it'll be at least another week before i'm back another delay i replied yesterday
32:18he said three more days
32:22can't help it something came up with the project but don't worry i'll get it sorted and come home to
32:26you as sp okay don't push yourself too hard though get some rest yes ma'am
32:32i'll get it to the next day after that jude didn't text for the rest of the day he must
32:36have been swamped
32:38i lay in bed unable to sleep i figured since my schedule was clear anyway i'd take the first
32:44flight out in the morning and surprise him this was my first time planning a surprise for someone
32:49i was giddy before i even got there i could already picture the look on jude's face worried he
32:54might check in on me and blow the surprise i turned my phone off so he'd think i was in
32:58a meeting
32:59i waited at the hotel from morning until night
33:04when he finally showed up i saw the shock on his face right on cuse
33:10and equally shocked was the woman standing beside him arm linked through his
33:17i didn't know how to describe what i felt in that moment by all logic i'd been through this before
33:23i
33:23could have stormed up and slapped him the way i slapped carter but my feet felt like they were filled
33:28with concrete i couldn't take a single step forward all i felt was a burn in my throat and an
33:34ache in my
33:34chest after my dad died i rarely cried it had been a long time since i'd tasted tears i must
33:41have really
33:41liked jude and i was willing to believe he liked me too just not only me i watched jade shove
33:47the
33:47woman away hard she was persistent grabbed his arm again almost immediately the two of them struggled
33:52in the lobby drawing stairs from other guests i didn't want to be their audience i turned and walked
33:58away fast jude finally broke free and came after me i didn't look back flagged down a cab and told
34:05the
34:06driver to take me to a different hotel downtown from the car ride to check in my phone didn't stop
34:10ringing jude was relentless i blocked him on everything he borrowed other people's phones
34:16to call me kept calling until my phone died i didn't bother charging it just collapsed onto the
34:22bed and stared at the ceiling didn't sleep all night early the next morning i took the first flight home
34:28my eyes were still puffy so i kept my sunglasses on the entire time didn't take them off until i
34:34got
34:35inside and that's how i ended up staring puffy eyed at jude voss sitting in my living room
34:42he was still wearing yesterday's clothes his eyes were bloodshot his hair a mess i'd never
34:47seen him look this wrecked jude limped over to me and put both hands on my shoulders babe i can
34:53explain she's i knocked his hands away i don't want to hear it and i don't want to see you
34:58no jude wouldn't
34:59let me leave he wrapped his arms around me even if this kills me i need you to know the
35:03truth
35:03what you saw wasn't what actually happened his voice came out muffled against me i'll admit
35:08i almost married her another stab to the chest i started struggling blindly jude still wouldn't
35:14let go kept talking but that was before i met you i'd never liked anyone before marriage was just
35:23a business transaction to me marrying her would have been a good deal for both families
35:29but after i met you everything changed i couldn't stomach walking into a loveless marriage anymore
35:37so i called off the engagement
35:41there's been nothing between us for a long time this trip there really was a crisis a mine staff
35:45collapsed and workers got hurt i had to stay to deal with the aftermath i had no idea she'd show
35:50up
35:51and i have the worst luck she grabbed my arm for one second and that's the exact moment you walked
35:55in
35:55he sounded so wronged like he was about to cry but my attention had snagged on something else
36:02mine howt collapse i suddenly remembered jude's limp
36:07were you hurt too he seemed surprised i'd asked that hesitated then shook his head
36:13i twisted my ankle chasing after you points for honesty i guess but wasn't this the part where
36:18he was supposed to play along and luck the sympathy does it hurt i asked feigning indifference he
36:24finally caught on yes a lot i rushed back to get to you and the swelling got way worse
36:34i pulled out of his arms and walked him to the couch rolled up his pant leg the ankle was
36:40badly
36:41swollen i frowned maybe we should go to the hospital looks worse than it is just need some spray
36:49you should get an x-ray you don't mess around with bones
36:55mrs hale had appeared from her room at some point offering her very serious medical opinion
37:02so she'd been eavesdropping this whole time and that's how i ended up taking at jude to the hospital
37:07results came back quickly just a sprain thankfully rest and it would heal but he still had a lot to
37:14deal
37:14with he'd flown back overnight just to explain things things to my face i couldn't not be moved
37:19i decided to go back with him over those five days i saw a different side of at jude at
37:25work he was
37:26decisive and efficient no wasted motion i had to admit at jude was magnetic from every angle no wonder
37:33he could attract women even with a face that screamed stay away the long day finally ended after dinner
37:40we each went to our separate rooms the second i lay down he texted foot is killing me all of
37:46a sudden
37:46probably got worse from all the running around these past few days i'm coming over
37:51i rushed to at jude's door before i could knock it opened on its own before i could process that
38:00a hand
38:00shot out and pulled me inside jude pinned me against the door arms locked around me you i thought you
38:10were i saw the satisfied grin on his face and finally realized i'd been played i kicked his good foot
38:18let me go no jude bet down that devastating look in his eyes
38:29babe i want i wanted to immediately say no you don't
38:37but that would have been pretty unconvincing because bodies don't lie especially when a certain
38:44part of at jude was making his feelings very clear
38:53impossible to ignore the moment he'd pulled me in i sighed your foot is like that and you're still
39:00my ankles messed up not anything else he said this like it was the most reasonable thing in the world
39:05honestly it's been like this for days if it goes on much longer i think i might actually die
39:14i looked down at his ankle and stated the obvious
39:17can you even move though jude answered with complete sincerity that's what you're here for
39:23right babe i know it's a lot to ask for the first time
39:29i'll make it up to you i promise double double yeah jude and i had planned to leave for the
39:36airport
39:36the next morning but his stamina was insane the first time he saw me fully undressed mr compose
39:41said something very dirty and then proceeded to do something even dirtier by the time jude's
39:46conscience finally kicked iver i'd lost count of how many times when i woke up it was almost evening
39:52in the bathroom mirror i barely recognized myself marks everywhere big and small absolutely mortifying
40:01was judy part dog i walked out of the bathroom in a foul mood jude had already ordered dinner and
40:10was
40:10hopping around on one foot being overly attentive his refreshed satisfied expression was genuinely
40:18infuriating but i was starving so i sat down and started shoveling food without out any grace whatsoever
40:26shooting him dirty looks between bites but jude took every single one of them grinning like an idiot
40:32with his mouth full on the flight home jude suddenly suggested we meet each other's parents
40:40i got nervous my mom died when i was young my dad raised me on his own he was always
40:46busy with work
40:47didn't have much time for me what he couldn't give in time he gave in money so i grew up
40:53spoiled and
40:54headstrong not exactly the type that wins over future in-laws i was genuinely worried his parents
41:00wouldn't approve of me jude said no one could possibly dislike me the day of the meeting i loaded up
41:05on
41:05carefully chosen gifts and put on what mrs hall called a guaranteed to impress the in-laws dress
41:12jade's parents loved it said i was beautiful and adorable jed hadn't lied i was thrilled
41:21but i never expected that during dinner
41:26when i came back from the restroom i'd overhear them urging jude to get back with his ex-fiance
41:33pretty face so what i looked into her ever since her father died her family's company has been
41:39barely hanging on she's an orphan now if you two got married what could she possibly bring to the table
41:44they were tag teaming it ready to keep going when jude set down his fork if you keep trying
41:48to force me to marry someone else i'm never coming back to this house
41:52his parents went silent their faces darkened i remembered mrs halley's instructions be polite
42:01be mature so i pretended i hadn't heard anything and went back to my seat
42:08we finished the meal under a strange heavy atmosphere when i left their home my hands were
42:13empty i'd read online that if a boyfriend's parents don't give you a welcome gift on your first visit
42:18it means they don't like you but i wasn't hurt because i didn't think much of them either
42:25jude's parents disliking me didn't affect our relationship he said marriage was between him and me
42:31no one else so three months later we got our marriage license
42:40no big wedding just a small dinner with a few close friends his parents weren't there jude didn't seem to
42:48have invited them mrs hall on the other hand cried her eyes out said she'd finally managed to marry me
42:56off
42:57the first year of marriage i poured most of my energy back into the company
43:04jude never said anything but quietly opened doors for me in all sorts of ways
43:10he never took credit when i caught him at it he played dumb that's all you what does it have
43:18to do with me
43:20once the company started gaining momentum his parents attitude began to thwind from cold silence
43:27to eventually having mrs hall pass along messages that they wanted to see us
43:36i didn't refuse but i didn't warm up either jude understood me just said we'd go at my pace
43:47i thought jude's parents were pretty dumb if they wanted to break us up they should have at least
43:53waited until the honeymoon phase was over as parents they really had no strategy
44:01i didn't know how long other people's honeymoon phases lasted all i knew was that our kid was two
44:06years old and jude was still all over me every single day the company had finally come back from
44:11the dead and was running smoothly i'd officially become the worthy match his parents always wanted
44:16these days his parents visited relatives more often bragged to everyone about how beautiful
44:20capable and devoted their daughter-in-law was beautiful and capable sure devoted pure fiction
44:26on their part i didn't interfere with jude being a good son i brought the kids to visit them on
44:30weekends
44:30but that was the extent of it that day mrs hall came home and tried again to talk me into
44:35being
44:36more forgiving they're his parents lila someone has to be the bigger person please i've never been
44:42the bigger person in my life i hold grudges like their designer bags judy had just gotten home
44:48he was opening a package while he said why should it be her they were the ones who were wrong
44:55they
44:56can apologize first babe i'm 100 on your side don't let mrs hale guilt you he kissed me loudly on
45:03the cheek then carried a pile of stuff upstairs to assemble the new crib mrs hall stood at the bottom
45:08of the stairs calling after him keep spoiling her see where that gets you i looked down and rested my
45:13hand on my round belly smiling to myself
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