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Chapter 132 of "Tempting Venom" opens with suspenseful action: Am I thatâŚunsightly?If I drive down this cliff, maybe Iâll find her at the bottom,then... Keep going!
Am I thatâŚunsightly?
If I drive down this cliff, maybe Iâll find her at the bottom,then maybe sheâll tell me why she was that terrified when she saw me.
If I could go back, Iâd lock the door so she wouldnât see and decide to leave me.
I would be quietâIâd be so quietâeven if it hurt. Even if I couldnât breathe.
I wouldâŚsaveher from seeing me like that.
My phone lights up, and I grab it with lethargic movements and a shaky hand.
Jude?
Maybe he needs to come find me or Iâll really drive this car over the cliff.
Instead of Jude, I see another name flashing on the screen. The one I so theatrically namedThe Fucker Who Blocked Me.
I should decline, but I swipe to accept, putting the phone on speaker because I canât be bothered to lift it to my ear.
âYou bought me a bike instead of talking to me?â he asks as soon as I pick up.
âHmm.â
âWould it kill you to actually have a conversation instead of throwing money at me?â
âThatâs all I have. Money.â
âYou sound like my father.â
âHello, daddy issues. Letâs start a support group.â
He pauses, and I think heâll hang up and block me again. Thatâs what heâs been doing over the past two weeks.
Just getting on my fucking nerves.
He made me get used to the fuckery he started, then pulled the rug from beneath my feet.
I know I shouldnât care. Iâm the one who always pushed him away. I should be celebrating that he finally left me alone.
But over the past two weeks, Iâve been feeling so hollow, not even Leninâs beating sessions have been able to fill the emptiness.
All because this prick erased me as if I never existed.
It fucked me up in ways I donât fully understand. Yes, I know itâs my pathological attachment issues, but I shouldnât have them for Marcus.
Heâs anobody.
âWhatâs wrong?â he asks, his voice losing the bite from earlier.
âNothingâs wrong. Iâm just having an awesome party with all the girls I fucked, which is a lot, by the way. Marcus who? Donât know him.â
âYou sound different.â
I chuckle, but even that takes too much energy. âIâm just high.â
âWhere are you?â
âAre you gonna come find me? Wow. Iâm so touched, I thought you preferred to block me.â