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00:02i lied about my age and dated a guy online he was six years older than me in real life
00:07he was a ceo
00:08cold untouchable barely human online completely different person called me baby called me wifey
00:14like he couldn't help himself said he'd get on his knees for me anytime i asked i couldn't take
00:19how obsessed he was so i dumped him and blocked him on everything over spring break i stayed at
00:24my best friend chloe's place and ran straight into her older brother tall gorgeous ice cold
00:29expression and somehow painfully familiar down girl my brother hates girls who throw themselves
00:35at him and ever since he got ghost by some online fling he's been in the worst mood of his
00:40life i
00:40swallowed hard chloe your brother's name isn't reese calloway is it
00:50no freaking way how do you know that whatever hope i had left died right there i had dated my
00:56best
00:56friend's brother online and now i was standing in his house months after ghosting him the odds of
01:01this were lower than winning the powerball actually makes sense we're basically the same person
01:06i probably mentioned his name without thinking i just stood there frozen reese calloway was under
01:13the same roof as me my heart wouldn't shut up i kept thinking about an hour ago when chloe brought
01:18me home reese had come down the stairs in a robe loosely tied collar open he looked like he'd just
01:24rolled out of bed and still owned the room i stared at him something about that face nagged at me
01:29but reese just gave me a short nod those dark eyes swept past me like i wasn't even there
01:34just his little sister's college friend nobody i never would have connected this man to my clingy
01:39filthy mouthed ex from the internet online reese was a different species every night without fail
01:45the pet names the possessiveness the way he talked like i already belonged to him i was young
01:50clueless half the things he said had me wide awake at 2 a.m with my face on fire i
01:55bit my lip so how
01:57many girlfriends has your brother had just one online he was really into her then she dumped him out of
02:03nowhere cold as hell he's been terrible ever since snapping at everyone if he's rude to you don't take it
02:11personal he's like that with everyone right now great this was fine everything was fine
02:19next morning mrs calloway called us down for breakfast rice sat across from me i couldn't
02:24stop glancing at him then he looked up our eyes met he raised an eyebrow slightly surprised my heart
02:30jumped i looked away but i could still feel his gaze on me lingering stay as long as you want
02:35sweetheart make yourself at home thank you mrs calloway i smiled and told myself to relax even
02:41if reese and i were under the same roof there was no way he'd figure out i was the girl
02:46who ghosted him
02:47no way the conversation eventually shifted to reese i listened carefully piece things together
02:52apparently his mom had set him up with someone recently mom i told you i'm interested in her
02:58we met twice i can't even remember her face what exactly do you expect from me
03:03you reject every girl i find i swear i don't know when you'll ever wake up you're in your mid
03:09-twenties
03:10rice no girlfriend sometimes i genuinely wonder if you even like women mom i promise his orientation
03:17is fine he's just romantically unlucky the girl he's waiting for likes to play games that's all
03:23i wanted to disappear into my plate i didn't dare make a sound but of course the universe wasn't done
03:30with me molly lane rise's cold voice cut through the air i flinched almost dropped my fork it was
03:36just my name nothing special about the way he said it but hearing it from his mouth sent a shiver
03:41down
03:41my spine why before i could think his dark eyes were already on me studying me something unreadable
03:47behind them you look guilty did you do something you shouldn't have
03:53my brain short-circuited my face went pale i had nothing thankfully mrs calloway stepped in
03:58leave her alone molly is our guest be nice
04:05wow bro i mentioned molly's name once and you already memorized it
04:09everyone laughed i kept my head down and said nothing i didn't notice reese narrowing his eyes at me
04:15from across the table chloe had a fever the past couple days after breakfast she took some medicine
04:20and went back to her room i did some homework went downstairs for water saw mrs calloway grabbing
04:25her keys auntie where are you heading out that son of mine rushed out this morning and forgot his
04:33documents now i have to drive all the way to his office he's never this claireless i don't know
04:39what's gotten into him my hand moved before my brain did i can take them you should rest oh no
04:45i
04:45couldn't ask you to do that really it's fine i've got nothing else to do mrs calloway was kind
04:50enough to let me stay the least i could do was help with something small she couldn't argue with me
04:55eventually she texted me the company address
05:00in the uber i pulled out my phone and searched reese's name the results were unanimous ruthless in
05:05business decisive sharp hard to imagine a guy like that dating someone online back then i was in high
05:11school my parents had just divorced life was miserable i spent every night on discord playing
05:16with strangers just to feel less alone that's where i met to rest i figured it still counted as a
05:20relationship even if we'd never met face to face dopamine was dopamine it made me feel something for
05:26a little while but i was careful i lied about my age told him i just graduated college never gave
05:31him
05:31my real name unlike most people i never sent photos never answered his video calls the only thing i
05:36allowed was a 30 minute voice call every night rise on the other hand gave me everything he venmoed me
05:42money all the time random amounts for no reason get yourself something nice you haven't eaten order
05:48food the amounts were insane i always sent it all back all i wanted was emotional comfort i never
05:54planned a future with him why would i take his money too then he got clingier one day he said
05:58he
05:58wanted to meet in person i had two weeks until my finals meet in person that was insane i thought
06:03about it for a long time then i typed out the message no point meeting up i'm kind of over
06:07this
06:08let's end it i hit send blocked him on discord unfriended him on everything deleted our entire chat
06:13history i thought after all this time reese would have forgotten about us but from the way chloe
06:18talked about him it sounded like he hadn't moved on at all
06:23this was my first time at reese's office apparently he owned the entire building
06:28must be nice being rich the receptionist led me to the top floor the elevator dinged open the second
06:34my eyes met reese's i froze backlit by the windows his sharp features carried an edge that almost felt
06:40dangerous so this was what he looked like at work something squeezed tight in my chest a group of board
06:46members trailed behind him all older than him by at least a decade none of them came close to
06:51matching his presence he looked like he was born to lead the hallway went quiet for a second someone
06:57looked at me with obvious curiosity mr calloway and this is their stairs were anything but subtle
07:03rise's gaze landed on me he paused then without making a big deal of it he stepped slightly in front
07:09of me a friend not his sister's classmate a friend mr calloway this young lady says she's here to
07:14deliver your documents got it take her to my office he pressed the elevator button seemed like
07:20he had somewhere else to be i thought about it for a second then i handed the documents to the
07:25receptionist well since these are delivered i'll get going don't want to be in the way
07:36did i say you could leave
07:40i stopped he was so close i could smell him something clean and cool like pine in winter
07:45i forgot how to move where his fingers touched my arm a current buzzed under my skin then he let
07:50out a
07:50quiet breath go wait for me i have something to tell you i had no idea what reese wanted to
07:57say to me
07:58as far as he was concerned our only connection was his sister his behavior was making me anxious
08:03by the time his assistant came in to swap my coffee for the third time i was getting restless
08:09then the door opened rise walked in saw me on the couch his expression softened just a fraction he
08:15came straight toward me mr calloway i stood up instinctively nervous something flickered in
08:21reese's eyes gone in a blink sit down you're not my employee don't call me that
08:28his office was massive but being alone with him made me uneasy
08:36so why did you want me to stay
08:41do you have your phone he didn't answer my question his tone left no room for argument
08:46i nodded let's follow each other i'll venvo you for the ride i almost thought i was hearing things
08:52a man like reese calloway handling a cab reimbursement personally no really it's fine
08:57it was nothing besides i've been staying at your house for free that's different i don't like going
09:03people i was about to refuse again but then a thought hit me why was he pushing so hard for
09:07this
09:08as his sister's friend there was no reason he needed my social media unless he suspected something
09:13the panic almost showed on my face this man was unreal there were zero clues how could he already
09:18be suspicious when i pulled up my profile i caught something his hand was trembling slightly like he
09:24was expecting something he stared at my screen for a long time after a while something in him deflated
09:29like the air had been knocked out of his lungs i quietly exhaled the reason i could add him so
09:34calmly was simple i'd stopped using my old account after senior year my current profile looked nothing
09:40like the old one reese had no way to connect the two but i noticed something his profile picture
09:45it was still the one i'd picked for him back then after all this time he never changed it i
09:50didn't
09:50know what to feel the silence between us was suffocating rice lifted his head his voice was hard
09:57to read you don't have anything you want to say to me nope it's getting late i should head back
10:03any longer and i was going to slip up wait i'll have my driver take you he sounded tired the
10:09amount
10:09reese venmoed me could have covered a month of ubers i thought about it and kept it sending it back
10:13would have been awkward and reese wouldn't miss it i just didn't understand why being around him
10:18always made me this nervous the moment i stepped out of his office every pair of eyes on the top
10:23floor landed on me i heard people whispering guessing what i was to their boss that sobered me up fast
10:29this was reese calloway he'd grown up being admired worshipped even a man like that would never tolerate
10:36knowing he'd been lied to if i couldn't handle the fallout of him finding out then i had to keep
10:41this
10:41buried forever the car pulled into the neighborhood rise didn't come home for two days
10:48according to mrs calloway he had other places staying out was normal for him not having to face
10:54him at home was a relief chloe recovered full of energy again impossible to keep indoors molly
10:59it's ryan's birthday today everyone's getting together tonight want to come ryan carter a guy from
11:04our high school we all ended up at the same state school so we stayed close i figured going out
11:09might
11:09clear my head i said yes chloe and i left the house just as it was getting dark dinner was
11:14at
11:14a new place downtown ryan's group was already waiting outside talking and laughing when ryan
11:19saw me his eyes lit up molly i told you guys not to bring gifts too bad you gave me
11:25something
11:25expensive for my birthday my conscience wouldn't survive if i didn't return the favor i handed him
11:30the watch i'd picked out ryan took it his smile stiffened for a second you always have to keep
11:36things perfectly even between us don't you i smirk pretended i didn't catch his meaning
11:42then chloe threw her arm over my shoulder her eyes bounced between me and ryan full of mischief
11:48ryan so whose gift do you like more mine or molly's a ripple of teasing laughter went around the group
11:53ryan's ears turned red he kept glancing at me before he could speak chloe was already grinning
11:59say no more obviously everything about our molly suits you perfectly i elbowed her on the way into
12:06the restaurant i leaned in and muttered you know i don't see ryan that way if you keep teasing like
12:11this he's gonna get the wrong idea honestly though ryan's cute loyal too why don't you like him
12:18i froze for a second out of nowhere risa's face flashed in my head i shook it off hard you
12:25can't force
12:25feelings if it's not there it's not there chloe squeezed my arm fine fine i'll stop
12:33fencing club rise was in full gear sparring with his best friend every strike aimed to kill his
12:39friend stumbled backward again and again practically begging for mercy rise didn't let up again his voice
12:45was ice across the room two men watched the one-sided massacre they shook their heads in unison
12:51what's up with rest today he's off last time he went this hard was when that girl dumped him
12:56interesting so it is about a girl again didn't he spend six months trying to find her and came up
13:00empties he was absolutely wrecked over her you think he's moved on to someone new or maybe the
13:05person messing him up both times is the same girl rise's phone buzzed several times he pulled off
13:10his mask breathing hard walked to the bench the message was from a friend who owned a bar he stared
13:15at
13:15the photo on the screen for a long time a girl his jaw tightened put her table on my tib
13:21i'm on my way
13:25dinner lasted nearly two hours afterward everyone wanted a second round i got dragged along ryan's
13:31group booked a big vip booth at a bar someone suggested a drinking game a few rounds in it landed
13:36on me i hesitated picked truth ryan was the one asking he'd seem disinterested all night but now he
13:42took his time thinking when was the last time someone made your heart skip i paused that was a
13:47long time ago wasn't it if i had to pinpoint it about six months ago one night reese and i
13:54were on
13:54our usual call he picked up a few seconds late and i got upset threw a fit over nothing he
13:59just kept
13:59soothing me patient as always then i heard voices in the background whistling laughing you're doing this
14:04again begging some online girlfriend to forgive you she's got you whipped huh back off yeah i'm whipped
14:11she's my girlfriend and i'll do whatever the hell she wants mind your own business my heart flipped i
14:16didn't know if it was because he defended me or because he called me his girlfriend when i came back
14:21to the present i caught the flicker of disappointment in ryan's eyes he opened his mouth closed it didn't
14:28ask anything else more drinks the energy in the booth got louder ryan picked dare someone dared him to
14:36pick me up and do 10 squats hold molly and do 10 squats i felt awkward chloe jumped in immediately
14:42nope not happening stop messing around come on a dare's a dare if she can't do the dare she can
14:49at
14:49least drink right chloe rolled her eyes are you serious molly's allergic to alcohol you guys know
14:58that come on pick something else the air went still things got weird for a second i thought everyone
15:03was just annoyed then a low cold voice came from behind me i'll drink for her i froze before i
15:09could
15:09react chloe was on her feet stunned rice what are you doing here
15:17rish showing up out of nowhere was the last thing i expected i stared at him everyone held their breath
15:22before i could process anything he'd already sat down next to me casual like he belonged there he
15:28reached for a glass he started pouring so how many drinks was the penalty some girl in the group
15:33answered face bright red he ate rise didn't even glance at her his throat bobbed as he tilted his
15:39head back and downed glass after glass all ate one after another without stopping then he grabbed my
15:44hand stood up sorry i need to borrow her for a minute carry on
15:53by the time i was sitting in rissa's car i still felt like i was dreaming i scrambled for an
15:58excuse
15:58my friends are still back there there he let out a cold laugh molly lane like my choice of words
16:04had
16:04pissed him off his voice went up a notch i used to have a girlfriend i see testing she was
16:09allergic to
16:10alcohol too you think that's a coincidence my mind went blank i couldn't even look him in the eye
16:16one last try actually a lot of people are allergic to alcohol at my school alone before i could finish
16:24reese closed the distance his breath tangled with mine my cheeks burned he studied me for a long time
16:30in that position then through gritted teeth he smiled hold ellie 22 just graduated college he said it word
16:39by word watching my face the entire time every word landed like a brick my face drained of color
16:48even after you dumped me i believed every single thing you told me no wonder i couldn't find you no
16:53matter how hard i looked turns out my so-called girlfriend was still in high school every single
16:59thing she told me was a lie was that fun for you he said it all in one breath his
17:05chest heaving
17:05shoulders rising and falling his face was terrifyingly dark i closed my eyes so there was no running from
17:11this after all nothing left to argue i clenched my fists how how did you figure out i was ellie
17:17how do you think we were together for months i never saw your face but your voice you think i
17:23wouldn't recognize it i suspected it the day you showed up at my house even when nothing else matched
17:28i trusted my gut before i knew it his fingers were under my chin forcing me to look at him
17:33his eyes
17:34were filled with something i couldn't name frustration helplessness disappointment and maybe hurt molly
17:41you really underestimated how much i loved you
17:45i didn't know what to say a thousand things ran through my head i'm sorry
17:52i wasn't thinking back then i just needed someone to be there for me and you showed up
17:58i swear i wasn't trying to trick you i just didn't want to give that much personal information to someone
18:05online if i hurt you i'm sorry i opened my eyes halfway for a split second i thought i saw
18:13something dark
18:14rolling behind his gaze then it was gone you think i want your apology i confused i'm only asking you
18:19one
18:20thing after you left me did you ever regret it his breath was hot and fast against my face i
18:28didn't
18:28understand why he was asking this he saw me hesitate something close to fear crossed his face his voice
18:34dropped strained you don't have to answer right now take your time even if you felt just a tiny bit
18:44of
18:44regret i can lie to myself and i heard the tremble in his voice guilt hit me like a wave
18:52i'd already
18:52lied to him once was i really going to keep doing it i couldn't i took a breath and cut
18:57him off rice
18:58stop he turned toward the window if it's something i don't want to hear please don't say it my nose
19:04stung i could feel it all of his panic all of his fear the words froze in the air between
19:11us after a
19:12long pause my eyes went red i said it anyway i was just playing around back then i thought you
19:18felt the
19:18same way so no after i ended things i didn't regret it because i didn't think about you that often
19:27silence rise laughed at himself he looked completely alone he paused for what felt like
19:32half a minute it felt like a century when he spoke again his voice was rough and now what about
19:38now
19:41now do you want to start over with me he looked at me every word deliberate his dark eyes were
19:47full
19:47of something reckless almost obsessive when you dumped me you said you were bored i'm not boring
19:54anymore whatever you didn't like about me i'll change all of it molly just come back to me
20:03i won't hold any of it against you riss are you insane you know that i know i'm making a
20:09bet
20:10that one day you'll actually fall for me
20:16my head went blank nothing else existed my heart was about to break out of my chest that night riss
20:22arranged
20:22for someone to drive me and chloe home before we left i saw him talking to ryan on the sidewalk
20:27my head was pounding my brain couldn't hold anymore i gave up trying to figure everything out on the
20:32ride back chloe was buzzing interrogating me non-stop why did riss pull me outside what did he say what
20:38happened i sighed it's a long story then give me the short version you're seriously gonna hold out
20:45on me at this point there was no reason to hide it remember that girl your brother dated online
20:52that was me no so you're the one who had my brother completely whipped incredible that's my girl
21:00i want to go rub this in his face so bad right now let's see him try to bully me
21:04after this
21:04chloe was grinning like a villain i couldn't smile at all
21:09back at school i didn't reach out to riss i never gave him a straight answer that night he didn't
21:14push like he was giving me all the time in the world to think it over friday night our student
21:19org had a dinner ryan sat next to me friendly as always i felt uneasy i wanted to step outside
21:25for
21:25some air but the second i stood up my vision blurred i couldn't see straight a wave of heat
21:30exploded inside me it spread fast burning through my entire body i knew something was wrong immediately
21:35i'd only had one glass of soda had someone spiked my drink i shook my head trying to stay alert
21:40through the haze ryan grabbed my arm hey moll are you okay wanna go sit outside i nodded as he
21:46helped
21:46me walk his hand landed on my waist the scent of a man i didn't want near me closed in
21:50around me
21:51every part of me recoiled i tried to pull away i'm fine you don't have to how can i not
21:56you look
21:57terrible ryan held me tighter his voice probing there's a hotel nearby i could get a room so you can
22:04rest
22:04it sounded innocent enough but every alarm in my body went off i wanted to leave but the heat kept
22:09surging my legs buckled when ryan pulled me against his chest i knew i was in trouble i couldn't even
22:15push him away right when i thought it was over i heard reese's voice urgent sharp calling my name
22:22i tried to open my eyes but everything was a blur all i felt was a familiar scent wrapping around
22:27me and
22:27just like that the panic in my chest went quiet backseat of his car i was straddling reese tangled up
22:33in
22:33him my skin was burning every nerve on fire the only relief was being close to him pressed against
22:39him breathing him in no that wasn't enough every cell in my body was screaming for more i kissed him
22:44first hard desperate raises breathing shattered but through the ragged breaths he was buttoning my
22:49shirt back up every button i'd undone molly we can't i couldn't hear him didn't want to by the time
22:54we got back to his place i was still all over him he turned his head dodging my kiss yes
22:59now get a
23:01doctor to my apartment now he hung up pulled me into the bathroom and put me in the tub cold
23:06water
23:06i thought he'd finally give in instead he grabbed his tie and wrapped it around my wrists loop after
23:11loop be good the doctor's almost here the cold water and the fire inside me were tearing me apart
23:16my lips trembled i felt so wronged so desperate he didn't want me something reckless took over i grabbed
23:24the back of his neck and bit down on his lip his whole body shuddered when he spoke his voice
23:28was
23:28wrecked molly just hold on a little longer please i don't know what's in that drug i'm not gonna risk
23:36your body i can't the frustration boiled over everything went black that was probably the
23:40longest night of reese's life after what felt like hours he watched her breathing finally even
23:45out on his bed he let out a long exhale when the doctor arrived reese looked like a wreck he
23:50didn't
23:50care he grabbed a towel and wrapped molly up tight made sure not a single inch of skin was showing
23:56before he let the doctor into the room after the treatment she was much calmer deep asleep she's
24:01lucky the dosage in her system was low once she wakes up she should be fine reese finally relaxed
24:06after the doctor left he went back to the bedroom he sat there watching her sleep his heart still
24:11pounding he'd only come tonight because he missed her too much he saw her location on her instagram story
24:19showed up on impulse he never expected to walk into that the thought of what ryan had tried to do
24:24made
24:24his blood boil before bringing her home he'd beaten ryan bloody one-sided no mercy fist after fist he
24:31meant every single one it was my fault a friend gave me the stuff told me that after tonight molly
24:40would
24:40be mine for good i wasn't thinking straight i put it in her drink but i swear i never meant
24:44to hurt her i
24:45just you touched her you deal with the consequences expect to hear from my lawyer back in the apartment
24:52reese stood by the window he still couldn't calm down he didn't want to imagine what would have
24:57happened if he'd arrived a minute later he couldn't let her be alone anymore no matter what it took he
25:02was keeping her by his side
25:05you
25:05you
25:08you
25:08you
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