Exposing His Bet at Our Wedding

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On the day I was officially declared in remission from anorexia, Calvin handed me a keycard. "Naomi, you're the rose I spent three years nursing back to life," he said, his voice wrapped in that familiar, velvet warmth. "Tonight, I want to make you mine." I arrived at the hotel with my heart fluttering in my throat, breathless with anticipation. I pushed the door open. Before I could even register the dim lighting, a two-hundred-pound man lunged out of the shadows, slamming me violently to the floor. "Quit playing innocent!" the man grunted, pinning my wrists down as his hot, sour breath washed over my face. "We’ve been texting for three months. You promised we’d jump straight into bed the second we met in person." Panic surged like liquid fire through my veins. I thrashed, kicking wildly, my fingertips scraping across the dark wood of the nightstand until they wrapped around a heavy crystal ashtray. With every ounce of strength I had left, I smashed it into his shoulder. He roared in pain, loosening his grip just enough for me to scramble backward, stumbling to my feet with my back pressed hard against the wall. The next second, the suite door swung wide. Lauren, Calvin’s lifelong best friend, stood in the doorway, leaning against the frame and laughing so hard she was practically doubled over. "Oh God, Naomi! I used your pictures to flirt with this guy online for three straight months. 'Baby' this, 'sweetheart' that—you have no idea how much work it took to reel him in for you!" I stood there trembling uncontrollably, my gaze shifting past her to Calvin, who was standing right behind her. He didn't look angry. He didn't look worried. He just had his hands in his pockets, wearing an expression of cool, detached amusement. "Don't look at me like that," Calvin said smoothly. "I lost a bet. Everyone wanted to see if you’d actually show up." He stepped into the room, glancing between me and the bruised stranger on the floor. "Besides, nothing actually happened, did

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