h me at my apart

and, made me tea, and tried t

tight with anger. "I always knew he was s

e he was just freaked out about Bella, he really

ked a

to that, a sliver of hope tha

sn't the

hat I was hurt. He didn't even look at me. He bel

fference was sharper t

r. He always

oe a photo I'd managed to snap at th

aughing together, looking

s is his reality. And it'

at the phot

t went o

id softly. "You deserv

ed me ca

ith anyone trying to make me feel like I

more Ethan talk from me. I promi

ed me for light activity. My h

ng a small "moving on" p

. "To celebrate your new chapter. An

but she was s

d. "But low-key

as at Chloe

romised. A few of

nd for the first time in days

e doorb

open

stood Et

abella

mach d

ied. "Ethan! What a

said, his eyes finding me across the

e, darling, you didn't tell

her expression a mix

a deep

murmured, trying to re

ng to me. They

e their way into th

ere instant

, put his arm around her w

ay. For my ben

r eyes flicking towards m

e a unit

outsider. Th

and a strange

... no

pain. Just a dis

an, this woman, they were just actors

suggested a gam

my turn, I

asked, "what's the craziest th

. I didn't have my own

stories. I had t

y obsessed with him for years. Wrote him poems he never read. Baked him his favorite

than. His face

around him for a while there. Pretty crazy, h

om was

jaw wa

e harsh, cutting t

hing mutual. You were always the one chasing. I ma

were lik

emories, the publi

asped.

mirked, look

han's co

voice surprisingly steady.

e, I think he saw tha

hase was t