Ending things.

All she wanted, was to say something that would hurt him. Spurred on by the alcohol in her blood and the anger in her heart, she spewed venom at him.

​ “Get over yourself,” she spat at him. “This was never about you!There’s nothing special about you.I randomly choose you that night.It could have been anyone else.Now I wish I had slept with someone else that night!”

​

Audrey regretted the words as soon as the words fell from her mouth. Her hands flew to her mouth, and tears of shame stung her eyes.

Lucien stared at her with cold indignation. She’d hurt him, exactly as she wanted to. Who had she become? She had finally had the courage to stand up for herself and expressed her true emotions. But she had to hurt someone to do it.

​ Before she could apologize,he left without a word.

​ “What have I done?” she cried, as she sank to her knees. Violent sobs quaked through her body. What would become of her now? She angered the man who held her life in his hands. He paid her father’s medical bi