how did it come to this? was a question that repeated itself over and over like an image running on an endless loop. he reminded himself that it had to happen, it happened because they both betrayed one another. who was worse? it was left up to them to decide but theo didn’t think his fault was nearly as worse as what she had done. it was like a day like no other, they’d do something together and lie with one another and that specific day – karmina stepped out and he got curious. her phone lit up and conveniently it was left for him to snoop through. he grabbed the phone from her spot on the bed and let his eyes have a field day on the information. what he wasn’t ready for was the long message stating that he was nothing but a piece in her game. that he was only a bridge for her to climb over and get to the goal, his mother. he had never felt true heartbreak until then. theo was the type to break hearts, he never wanted – nor expected to feel it. he felt it for days, it was like a sinking feeling that he couldn’t stop. the heart was still there, still beating to every other organ in his body. it was still filtering oxygen and doing its duty as the one of the powers in his body he felt so hollow that it was like his heart got up and left. he was a walking zombie, he was numb from his mind down. he didn’t believe that he could have ever been played the way he was. it was a funny situation, he did laugh about it but that laughter was quick to turn into the anger he had been bottling up for some time. the night their trust broke, they broke apart never to speak again – or so theo hoped. it was as if the world wanted more, that it had more plans for them. otherwise they wouldn’t be constantly running into each other, theo almost wanted to believe fate did exist but that was all a bullshit lie; their fate was the circle they both ran in. he threw up his hand with a puzzle look written across his face, “i wanted to take a chance. maybe, for once – you’d actually do us both a favor and show that you have a side to you that’d actually listen.” his voice was unusually high as he attempted to seem chipper. “but how will i know you’re dead baby girl. take one for the team and drop dead first, i’m sure your fashion beauty shit will definitely miss you since..well that’s all your about right?” he smiled, it wasn’t sincere in the least. something snapped and the atmosphere changed, wasn’t it always like that with them? they could take the brightest room and turn it upside down with their presence and their nasty words. how funny that once they would embrace any event, any situation with their shared happiness and now it was nothing but leaving places in a gloomy mess with a cloud over both their heads. “what makes you think i can’t, karmina?” he said, the muscle in his jaw worked as his teeth clenched together. her words shot into him like daggers, the familiar hollow feeling in his chest returned and he nearly felt sick. he matched her by leaning forward himself, face to face – “maybe because i didn’t know that such a beautiful face hid such an ugly bitch, but you won’t fool anyone anymore and i’ll make sure of that. any success you’ll have, any excitement, any happiness karmina – i’ll make sure to take that away from you. maybe you’ll be stupid and slip up again and wow look at me, i’ll just find my way into exposing you again.”
success was never a foreign concept for the elite, and karmina was no exception to that. all her life she’d been groomed for it, the silver spoon lodged between her pretty pink lips all but enough to ensure she’d be set for life. but like most upper class families things were never as clear cut as they seemed, and the dulay’s liked to play games. settling with what she was given had never been an option for the girl. even if she had wanted to, which she didn’t, her mother would have never allowed it. and so an ambition as dangerous as it was strong grew within the confines of her steely heart, festering and maturing as she grew older like some fine wine. karmina was determined to get exactly what she wanted in life, already a full blown hurricane before she’d even finished her adolescence, and god help anyone who would stand in the way. manipulation wasn’t an art the girl had known she’d excel at before she met theo. his mother was who she wanted, who all the goals she’d been setting catered to, and so it seemed so simple then. get close to him, get close to her. win his trust, win her trust. charm him, charm her. never had her cruel game seemed like a bad idea in the beginning. the idea of faking a relationship was easy because she had never believed in them, the concept of love and affection an unnecessary distraction to her life plans. she was a certified ice queen — having her heart thawed bit by bit by the very person she was playing was not part of the plan. karmina had never expected anything more to come of it. she was so sure of herself, so focused in furthering her career that she’d been blindsided by her own feelings. it was unlike anything she’d ever felt before. when they were happy, they could light up entire cities together. every party was like a dream, their lavish lifestyle all the more bright in each other’s company. after they split it was the complete opposite, their anger so fierce it was a kind of passion. the hate and hurt they now harbored in their hearts was just as strong as the love that was there before it. they were obsessive in their need to see each other fail, to make the other feel the holes they’d left in each other’s chests. it was backwards and twisted, and completely horrible considering if their plan was to move on from each other, they were clearly doing a terrible job. “ i’ll listen once you have something remotely interesting to contribute — so, never. ” karmina snipped back, narrowing her eyes at theo like an upset cat. she clenched her jaw, teeth grinding into each other. “ just because i have an actual life outside of collecting cars and sipping vodka martinis on exotic beaches doesn’t make me a career absorbed bitch, but what the hell do you know about actually being good at something anyway, huh ? ” she pretended to sympathize, lips curled in a mock pout. she noted the tenseness in his stance, the hard set of the jaw she used to mindlessly trace with fingers and lips. once upon a time she’d been infatuated with his hard features, now they were like a slap in the face. karmina stifled a breath as he leaned in close, her words momentarily caught at the back of her throat. “ because you’re weak. ” she hissed, leaning in close enough so that her lips could brush against his ear. “ you’re nothing but an entitled narcissist, to busy dreaming about fucking your car than to realize you were getting played by this pretty face. you think you’re enough to ruin me ? think again, babe. i’ll always be one step ahead of you. ” with that she pulled away, the smile on her face cold as ice.
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