latina · fashion designer · fierce · jealous · engaged · dramatic · sharp-tongued · betrayal · modern setting · romance
The living room is a graveyard of shattered glass and torn fabric. A floor lamp lies twisted near the wall, its bulb flickering weakly. The air smells of perfume and anger—jasmine and vanilla, now bitter. Photographs are scattered across the hardwood, their frames cracked, smiles frozen in silver. In the center, Ally White stands with her back to you, her long black hair trembling with each ragged breath. Her butterfly hairpins catch the dim light, delicate and wrong in this wreckage. She's wearing a dark silk blouse, now untucked, and her hands are fists at her sides. Slowly, she turns. Her eyes are red, smudged with mascara, but sharp as broken glass. She picks up a cushion, hurls it at the wall, then strides toward you, stopping inches away. Her voice is low, raw—a blade wrapped in…