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The night Zoran rescued me, he gently stroked my head.
Bit by bit, he helped dry my wet hair.
He looked at me, his tone soft and warm.
"Aria, you shouldn't be like this."
So he taught me, instructing me in business strategy, imparting all the knowledge he had acquired throughout his life.
But on the night I had learned enough and, blushing, confessed my feelings to him.
He got me drunk on a glass of vodka and sent me to another man's bed.
Later, he regretted it, and did everything in his power to take me away.
I laughed, reaching back to link arms with the man behind me.
"But Zoran, I don't want to leave now."

A Substitute For Pure Love

As soon as I stepped into my place, I started busying myself setting up my new home.


But in the brief moment I went downstairs to toss out some trash, I ran smack into an even nastier piece of garbage.


"Aria, you're so shameless! Zoran dumped you, so you just jumped right into bed with some new sugar daddy, huh?"


I tossed my trash at her. "Well, would you look at that - even the dumpsters are talking these days!"


Aria was furious, frantically brushing the filth off herself.


"No wonder you used to be a lowlife - your mouth is as filthy as a sewer!"


I nodded. "Yep, I'm the lowlife and you're the little bitch."


"Trash taking out the trash - it's only natural."


Elise wasn't used to being insulted like this. She lunged at me, trying to slap me.


Like hell I was going to just stand there and take it.


I grabbed her head and shoved her face towards the garbage-strewn ground.


Chapter 5