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"And with this new deal, I can pay that off ahead of schedule," she says, forcing her voice to be perky and bright.
"Can." Rio says it flat, but the corner of his mouth curves up, and he folds his hands around his cue, leaning forward slightly. "Not have."
"Will," Beth insists. "Soon."
"Yeah, I'm still not seeing why we havin' this conversation right now."
Instead of answering, Beth yanks on the zipper, ripping open the duffle bag exposing the neat packets of cash stuffed inside, then stepping back and gesturing to it like a game show host.
That faint curve curls and stretches, a full smile spreading across his face. It's sly and amused, satisfied in the way he usually is when presented with a pile of money, but there's something else in it too, something heated and vaguely threatening that makes Beth's stomach flutter in response.
"A'ight, tell you what. You wanna have this conversation so bad?" Rio gestures at the table with his cue. "Play you for it."
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25 Feb 2021
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“Shame all my teachin’ had to go to waste,” he clucks, newly disinterested as he levels his gaze with hers again, and she expects him to smile again — expects him to grab hold of the knife in her chest and twist it just to hear her cry out — but he doesn’t. His expression is almost solemn — the corners of his mouth turned down and his eyes carefully blank as if the inadvertent truth behind his words has just dawned on him, as if he truly thinks of her as wasted potential — and she feels the gash in her chest tear along every seam in her, the heavy weight of her grief and guilt and fear pouring out at his feet.
She just breaks.・・・
Haunted, restless, and desperately seeking solace, Beth visits Annie at her work in the middle of the night. When Rio finds her there, she confronts him. Turns out neither of them have gotten any better at controlling their impulses.
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- Part 2 of Better Unrequited
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10 Mar 2020
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When Leo comes to England to visit Kate after her third failed marriage, they become closer than ever and realize how much they love being together. Will they decide to take the risk of trying to be in a relationship or decide that they are better off friends?
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05 Mar 2018