HER BOYFRIEND SAVED HER IN HIS PHONE AS “FREE DINNER”—SO SHE CANCELED HIS BIRTHDAY RESERVATION AND LET HIS CARD GET DECLINED IN FRONT OF EVERYONE

her hand away. “Don’t talk to me like that.”

He almost apologized—but then saw Jason watching him with open judgment. Diego hated that look. Pity felt worse than anger.

So he did what men like Diego do when shame has nowhere to go.

He turned it into rage.

By midnight, Valeria’s blocked messages had multiplied—Instagram, email, unknown numbers.

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