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He turns when a female hand touches his shoulder from behind, giving me a glimpse of the
woman who dares to touch my man.
I suck in a sharp breath when I see who it is. The evil queen bitch, in the flesh. The woman who
single handedly made Thursdays the worst day of the week. The devil whore herself. It is none other
than my boyfriend stealing, backstabbing, Botox loving, ex-boss, Veronica the Bitch. Then it hits me.
I m talking like full out shovel to the face kind of hit. This is the same Veronica that put this whole
shindig together. The same Veronica that is Nick s ex-girlfriend. The same Veronica that I accused of
using this party to get back together with Nick. What. The. Fuck.
Nick gives her a smile and I can t tell if it s fake or if he is actually happy to see her. He leans
down and she gives him a little peck on the cheek. My hackles rise. There is no fucking way I am
going to let her anywhere near my Nick. I stand up and make my way through the crowd over to them.
I hold my head up high, knowing that I look fucking incredible hell yeah, I do and sidle up next to
Nick s side, sliding my hand across his stomach to show that bitch whose property she just kissed.
Nick glances down at me, a little shocked to see me, but he smiles wide anyway. Oh, hey there,
Delilah.
I catch Veronica s eyes narrow, as she looks me over. I ignore her and smile up at Nick. Hi,
honey. Did you get my drink yet? I ask innocently.
I was just about to, he replies with a soft smile before bending down to kiss me on the lips. He
then turns back to Veronica. Veronica, this is my girlfriend, Delilah Sampson. She s the one who
organized to have all of these wonderful desserts tonight, he says proudly and I want to kiss him all
over.
Veronica s mouth drops open and she gapes at me. Yeah, that s right, suck it, bitch!
Delilah Sampson? Frumpy, unattractive, Delilah Sampson? You re kidding with me, right,
Nick? Veronica scoffs.
Nick frowns. Do you two know each other? he asks.
I used to work for Veronica, I state, sending her a hate filled glare.
I can see and feel the moment it dawns on Nick as to what I m talking about. His mouth thins outs
and his body tenses.
I see, he says stiffly. How about that drink, Doll?
Sounds good, I say.
See you later, Veronica, Nick says curtly before he leads me down to the other end of the bar.
I glance back at the evil bitch and if looks could kill, she would be a dead woman right about
now. I smile smugly at her before turning back around. Nick and I get our drinks and head back to the
table. He pulls out my chair for me before sitting down himself.
I m sorry, Delilah. I had no idea, he murmurs quietly.
I nod. I know you didn t.
Listen, forget about her, okay? I want us to have fun tonight. Let s not let her ruin it, Nick says
then gives me a quick kiss on the lips.
They come away glossy and I giggle as I use my thumb to wipe the gloss off his full lips. Nick
chuckles. What? Not my color?
I laugh as Nick puckers his lips and makes kissing noises. I shake my head at him and roll my
eyes. What a goofball.
The rest of the evening seems to go off without a hitch. We have a few drinks, dance, and laugh a
lot. Nick tells me that I am the envy of the ball, which makes me burst out laughing because it sounds
like something out of a fairytale. He insists that almost every man in the place has had his eyes on me
at one point or another during the night. I find that hard to believe. There are women here who are
much more beautiful than I am.
Veronica keeps her distance all night, which I am glad about. I did catch her giving me dirty
looks a few times, though. Oh well, she s not my problem anymore. Nick and I take a break from
dancing and I excuse myself to the bathroom. I m in a stall, having a fantastic time trying to gather up
the back of my dress so that I don t pee all over it, when I hear the bathroom door open and a couple
of cackling women enter.
& Nick s so just trying to make Veronica jealous. There is no way in hell that he would actually
go out with that chick, one of the women says.
I freeze, half of my dress gathered up in my arms. My heart starts pounding and I hold my breath
so that I can listen to what they are saying.
I know, right? Veronica says that he s been begging her to take him back for months now, the
other one relays.
Oh yeah? I m not surprised. Those two were perfect together. Veronica is just making him work
for it now. I m sure she will take him back.
Definitely. She plans on marrying him, so of course she will take him back.
You can just see it in his eyes that he wants her back.
Absolutely.
I want to throw up. Could what they are saying possibly be true? No, no, it s just gossip, that s
what women do. But there is still part of me that wants to believe them, that wants to doubt myself
and the relationship that Nick and I have. It does seem too good to be true, and I do still find it hard to
believe that a guy as gorgeous as Nick could actually want me. Could he possibly be using me to
make another woman jealous? No. No, he s not that heartless.
A wave of guilt hits me. I can t believe that I m even thinking the worst of Nick like that because
of what a few stupid sluts are saying. He s been nothing but open and honest with me since we started
dating. Damn Ryan, this is all his fault, totally screwing up the confidence and trust that I should have
with Nick because of what he did.
k& i& k& i& k& i& k&
Nick
Now that Delilah has gone to the bathroom, I take the time to give Veronica a piece of my mind.
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