Eight Years of Maybe One Day of I Do—Bride Swapped Deal With It novel Chapter 125

Chapter 7

The lilac standing in front of me was someone i’d never seen before. Like I’d never known her at all.

“I’ve been sick of you for fucking years, Aurora. Ever since we were kids, you always had to compete with me. Anything I liked-people, things, whatever-you had to take it. But now? All I want is Julian! Just Julian! Why can’t you let me have him?!”

Lilac’s face twisted into something ugly. I couldn’t remember us ever being close. Couldn’t remember why I’d deliberately bombed a question on my SAT just because Lilac had cried and said.

“Aurora.”

“I’m not as smart as you.”

“What if we end up at different schools?”

She sobbed.

“Aurora.”

“I don’t want us to be apart.”

Lilac didn’t want to be apart from me. But she also didn’t want to put in the work. So I told her.

“We’ll never be apart.”

And I tanked my score on purpose so we could go to the same local college.

My friends felt bad for me. My teachers tried to talk me out of it. Even my parents-who’d always been so supportive-were disappointed in me

for the first time. But I thought it was worth it.

Now, I looked at Lilac screaming in my face, and all I felt was crushing disappointment. She kept yelling.

“Aurora!”

“You’ve always been better than me at everything! You’re prettier! Your family’s loaded! You’re smarter! Every guy I ever liked only wanted you! Whenever you were around, I was just your fucking shadow! Invisible! Like I didn’t even matter! But why, Aurora?!”

“Why?!”

Lilac broke down sobbing and raised her hand to hit me again. I grabbed her wrist. She froze for a second. Then I slapped her back-hard enough that she stumbled backward. But all I felt was pain. Like my whole body was breaking apart.

I watched her cry, choking on her tears. And I started crying too.

“I never wanted to compete with you. Never wanted to win against you. Lilac,” I wiped away the tears that wouldn’t stop falling. “But today, I need to tell you something.”

“Lilac.”

“We’re not friends anymore.”

“Starting today, we’re done.”

I turned to Julian, who stood there like a coward, and let out a bitter laugh. “You two are perfect for each other.”

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“After all.”

“Cheating scum and backstabbing bitches?”

“You deserve each other.”

When I left the house, my parents were already there. My dad stood a few steps away, his face full of heartbreak. The second our eyes met, he opened his arms and called out to me.

“Come here, sweetheart. Dad’s taking you home.”

“Dad!”

I ran into his arms. Like a boat tossed around in a storm finally finding its harbor. I sobbed into his chest until I couldn’t breathe. Until my voice gave out. And even then, I still had to say it.

“Dad.”

“I’m not getting married.”

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