Six Years of Hate, I Still Love YouChapter 1

I had been locked in a bitter feud with Kianna for six long years.

She was the reason my mother fell from a building, leaving her paralyzed.

In return, I exposed her family’s secrets, shattering their reputation and plunging them into bankruptcy.

Everyone believed we were destined to spend our entire lives destroying each other.

When we met again, Kianna had already made a dazzling comeback. She faced the press with the ease of someone who had rehearsed every answer.

"Back then, didn't our classmates all joke that at eighteen we'd fall in love, at twenty-five we'd get married, and before twenty-eight we'd have kids? Kianna, which step are you at now?"

"Almost engaged," she replied smoothly.

"You're ahead of us all!"

I absently twisted the ring on my finger. In truth, I had already completed all three of those milestones.

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At that moment, a man walked in through the door. He was Kianna's fiancé.

He was young, bright, and polite. He nodded to everyone in turn before taking his seat beside her.

She didn't spare him a glance. Instead, her eyes locked on me.

And I could feel the probing stares from everyone around us.