Chapter 61

• Ava stood there, her voice quivering in a turbulent sea of emotions, her words trembling on the precipice of an unforgiving abyss of anger and disbelief as she summoned the courage to confront Lily about the agonizing truth that had unraveled before her like a dark, twisted tapestry of betrayal and deceit. "It was a premeditated scheme with Leon?!" The words erupted from her with the force of a hurricane, slashing through the air like a sharpened blade, laden with the excruciating weight of betrayal that had mercilessly pierced her once steadfast heart.
• Lily, her own eyes glistening with tears that threatened to spill over the banks of her conscience, found herself at a loss for words. She stammered, her voice a fragile whisper against the tempestuous backdrop of Ava's accusation. "I only wanted you to find solace in his presence, to escape the haunting memories of Ethan. I never fathomed that Leon harbored ulterior motives. Ava, please, you have to believe me."
• Ava's frustration, a volatile volcano of emotions, burst forth in an unrelenting torrent of accusations, her voice a raw, jagged symphony of anguish and indignation. "How dare you utter my name and beseech me to believe your treacherous words! It's one thing to feel the sting of heartbreak after my tumultuous breakup with Ethan, but why did you conspire to ensnare me in this web of deceit? How much did he bribe you to infiltrate the sanctum of my thoughts and emotions? My God! I feel like such a fool, a pitiable puppet dancing to the malevolent strings of manipulation!" Each syllable she uttered dripped with the acrid bitterness of self-loathing and the biting sting of betrayal, a scalding realization that she had been mercilessly played as a pawn in a sinister game of emotional chess.