No More Stolen Hearts

Chloe did it again.

Another boyfriend stolen, another round of humiliation in our family chat led by Aunt Linda' s fake sympathy.

My own mother just sighed and told me to "try harder next time."

This was the pattern, my glamorous cousin Chloe, making sport of my relationships, taking whatever, or whoever, was mine.

But this time, as news of her latest conquest spread, a cold certainty settled within me.

This time, it wouldn' t be another defeat.

This time, I was ready.

The object of her latest desire was Ethan, my new boyfriend, whose existence I' d deliberately kept quiet until now.