Chapter 6
“Still being dramatic, huh?
“You’re not even answering my texts now. What, you gonna ignore me forever?”
When I didn’t respond, he let out this exaggerated sigh–like I was the one making everything difficult.
Okay, okay. Look, maybe I could’ve explained things better.
“But you gotta let me make it up to you, right?
“And hey–don’t forget Austin’s birthday thing is tonight. He’s finally gonna shoot his shot with that girl he’s been into. You promised you’d help hype him up, remember…?”
I cut him off, my voice flat and empty:
“I’m busy. I’m not going.”
Usually, when we fought, all Nathon had to do was throw me a half–assed apology and I’d cave. I’d take the bait and act like everything was fine.
But not this time.
This time, I wasn’t playing along.
His tone shifted–annoyance bleeding through.
“Alina, seriously? Don’t do this.
“I don’t care how mad you are–we already told Austin we’d be there. You really gonna make me look like an ass in front of everyone?
“If you’re still pissed, fine. Harper’s coming tonight too. I’ll get her to apologize with me. Two–for–one deal. Sound good? And about that whole
application mix–up—”
Mix–up.
That word hit me like a slap.
A mix–up.
Like my entire future–my dreams, my plans, everything I’d worked for–was just some minor inconvenience. Some silly little mistake we could laugh about later.
He didn’t get it.
He didn’t care.
To him, this was nothing. A joke. Something that didn’t actually matter because it didn’t affect him.
And suddenly, with brutal, agonizing clarity, I saw it.
All of it.
Every late–night conversation where I thought we were building something real. Every time I convinced myself his carelessness was just him being “easygoing.” Every moment I made excuses for him because I was too scared to admit the truth.
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He’d never seen the
Not really.
was just… thers. Correntent. The girl who’d always forgion ham. The bathrop pllax ako sway contend.
And I’d let him treat me that way
For years
God, what was wrong with me?
How had I wasted so much time on someone who thought ruining my life was a mix?
My chest felt tight–not with sadness this time, but with anger.
At him. At Harper. At myself for being so pathetically blind.
I didn’t say another word
I just hung up.
Blocked his number.
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