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My boyfriend, Marcus, and I made a promise to get married after we rescued one hundred cats.
For three years, I devoted myself completely.
Just as we were about to fulfill our promise, my boyfriend cheated on me with the woman he called his "savior."
I was kicked out of my own room, and the most precious thing in my safe was gone.
It was the ashes of the baby I miscarried in order to save him.
I knelt on the ground and begged them, "Please, give it back to me. I really can't be without it."
The other woman laughed smugly.
"I burned them and scattered the ashes long ago. And your boyfriend was right there with me when I did it."
Just then, a man appeared.
"If I weren't here, how would I have known you were bullying her like this!"

More Than a Stray

Alexander heard this, and his interest was suddenly piqued.


Marcus, seeing the tension ease, mistakenly believed his words were having the desired effect and pressed on with his story.


"Actually, that day, an admirer of mine—a female fan, you know—she managed to intrude, and she got into a rather heated argument with my partner..."


Marcus continued, completely absorbed in his own account, utterly failing to notice the increasingly thunderous expression on Alexander’s face.


Because in Marcus’s twisted version of events, Garcia was being painted as the one who had destroyed a relationship—essentially, a homewrecker.


Alexander could listen no more, his voice sharp as he cut Marcus off.


Marcus, witnessing Alexander’s palpable fury, froze for a heartbeat, then the horrifying realization dawned on him: he had said entirely the wrong thing.


"Assistant," Alexander queried, turning to the aide behind him, "was all of that recorded?"


Chapter 9