Too Late to Beg: I’m No Longer Yours Chapter 09

Too Late to Beg: I’m No Longer Yours Chapter 09

The trending hashtags skyrocketed.

#SheCantLiveWithoutMe

#Birthday PrankHeirloom

#FakePsychDiagnosis

Brie’s boutique comment section was obliterated.

Partner brands canceled her contracts overnight.

She finally panicked. She started an Instagram Live, bawling her eyes out in a pathetic apology.

“I admit I said some ugly things.”

“But I swear, I never meant to hurt Nova this badly.”

“We grew up together. I just thought everyone would find the prank funny…”

The live comments rolled in at lightning speed.

[Are you apologizing or just calling her petty again?]

[Did you pay her back yet?]

[Where is her forty grand, scammer?]

Brie’s face went sheet white.

She abruptly killed the live stream.

Cole wasn’t faring any better.

His university forums exposed everything. His skipped classes, his failing grades, and the receipts of him buying

Delaney gifts with his sister’s hard–earned money.

Someone dug up one of his old Instagram stories.

[What is it like having a control freak for a sister?]

The attached photo was a screenshot of the allowance I had wired him.

A top comment under it read:

[She controls you by throwing money at you? Sign me up for that abuse.]

Cole called me. His usual arrogance had completely vanished.

“Nova. I was wrong.”

“Can you please clear this up for me?”

“The university is putting me on academic probation.”

I gripped my phone. The glare from the snow outside was blinding.

“Clear what up?”

“Should I tell them you had no idea it was Mom’s heirloom?”

He choked on his breath.

I kept pressing.

“You were in the hospital room when Mom gave it to me.”

“She told you to listen to your big sister. And you nodded.”

“Cole. Did you actually forget? Or did you just assume I would never bite back?”

He started to sob.

“Nova, I just wanted to make Laney happy.”

“She said she didn’t have a mom. She said she was jealous you had such a beautiful keepsake.”

I actually laughed out loud.

“Her not having a mother isn’t an excuse to spit on mine.”