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Valentina's perfectly manicured fingers tightened around the stack of photographs, her anger growing with every picture she looked at.

She held a picture of Alexander and Ella at a restaurant, they were smiling at each other with a look that made her blood boil. 'He never looked at me that way! Does he really feel something for her aside from lust?!'

The next picture was of them walking side by side, Alexander's hand resting on Ella's waist, the capture made them look like a perfect pair, and that only aggravated Valentina more.

The final blow for Valentina was the picture of the two standing in front of Ella's apartment building, sharing a kiss. She stared at that picture for a while, her breathing became hard from immense anger.

Valentina threw the pictures across the room, watching as they scattered across the floor. 'How could this happen? How could he choose her?' Valentina boiled. 'She isn't even worthy of him.'