"I can''t believe it. That son of a bitch was faking it the whole time!"


    “He''s a master actor! He''s more full of it than a Thanksgiving turkey!"


    "Tell me, if you don''t love me, why did you even chase me? For the money, haha, just for the money, he could put on an act for so many years, and he even wanted to kill me!"


    "I don''t get it. Even if he didn''t like me, we''ve known each other for so many years. Don''t we have any kind of friendship at all?”


    "After all those years living together, didn''t that mean anything to him?"


    "He actually wanted to kill me. He''s so cruel. How could he be so cruel? Tell me, how could he be so cruel?" She choked out, her voice dissolving into a fresh wave of sobs.


    As Winona Newsom spoke, she started to cry.


    Keaton Huber pulled a tissue and handed it to her.


    "If you need to cry, just cry. I... I won''tugh at you."


    Winona stubbornly retorted, "I''m not crying! I can''t shed another tear for him!”


    Keaton countered, "You''re not crying for that scumbag. You''re saying goodbye to this chapter of your life. Once you''re done, it''s a fresh start. Go on, let it out."


    Hearing this, Winona let out a loud wail and burst into tears.


    Keaton scooted closer to her. "You can borrow my shoulder."


    Winona leaned on his shoulder and cried, “I''m just so sad. I get sad every time I think of him. That bastard!" She let out a broken cry, her voice hitching.


    Keaton: "I get it."


    Winona cried, her voice full of grievance, "I''m afraid of worrying my parents, Elysia and Blossom, so I don''t dare show it in front of them."


    "I haven''t told anyone else, either. I keep telling myself I''ve moved on, but whenever I think of him, I still get angry and sad. I really..."


    Keaton patted her head. "I understandpletely. I used to be the same way, didn''t tell a soul. But bottling it up only hurts yourself. It''ll eat you up inside."


    Winona bit her lip,rge tears rolling down her cheeks. "I was with him because I loved him. I was only with him because I loved him!"


    Keaton raised his arm and pulled her into an embrace, letting her cry her heart out against his chest.


    "I really did love him..." she choked out, her voice shattering into a fresh wave of helpless sobs.


    Leaning against Keaton, Winona cried and talked, letting everything out. She talked about her past with Zane Livingston, and about her anger and her pain.


    Keaton gently patted her shoulder, listening quietly.


    As two people who had both been hurt by love, Keaton understood herpletely.


    After she had cried it all out, Keaton spoke, his words slurred by the alcohol Letting it all out helps you feel a lot better. But if you want topletely move on, the most effective way is to distract yourself."


    "You could throw yourself into work or school, just swear off lovepletely!"


    "Or you could start a new rtionship and leave thest one in the past for good." “But in my experience, those methods are hard to pull off in the short term. The wound is too deep. It''s not easy to forget, and it''s hard to fall in love with someone else again."


    “If you want a quick fix, you could try messing around with other guys. We''re all adults here. When it''s time to let loose, you just let loose..."


    "I''m not telling you to be a bad girl. This is just from my experience. It''s a tried-and-


    true method. If we weren''t good friends, I wouldn''t even be telling you this!"


    "Look at yourself—you''re a knockout


    with a bank ount to match. There''s an endless line of elite bachelors who''d sell their souls for single night with you. Go out there and find a rebound. I guarante? you''ll feel better afterward, You..."


    Before Keaton could finish, Winona suddenly pulled away from his embrace. Her


    face burned with heat as she stared at him.


    Keaton froze. "...What''s wrong?!"


    Winona suddenly lunged, tackling him onto the couch and straddling him.


    Without a word, she started trying to take off her clothes!


    The long dress didn''t have buttons, and she seemed to forget the zipper was in the back. She fumbled around her front for a while before finally


    rabbing the hem of her skirt and pulling it up...


    to''


    Seeing the top of her pale thighs instantly sobered Keaton up. He quickly stopped


    her. "What are you doing?!"


    Winona''s eyes were hazy with drunkenness. "Sleeping with you!"