From “Clingy” to Gone My Independence Was His Biggest Regret novel Chapter 81

Chapter 9

I figured Camden would make a scene, but he just waves his hand:

“Sure, chat with your ex. I’m totally cool with it.”

Then Camden walks off: “Gonna grab some water.”

After he leaves, Jaxon stares after him: “Your boyfriend?”

I look at him evenly. “None of your business.”

Jaxon studies me carefully, ignoring my coldness: “Brenna, I missed you every single day.”

“Thought I loved someone else, but these five years in prison, I never thought about Scarlett once.”

“I thought about you every second.”

Standing there in the moonlight, half his face silver, eyes soft and peaceful like fresh snow.

Suddenly reminds me of the day we first met-

I was doing this scene with some actor, accidentally cut my finger on a prop.

This hand appears with a Band–Aid.

Back then, Jaxon looked at me exactly like this–then carefully put that Band–Aid on my finger.

But thinking back now, I’m kinda pissed I took that damn Band–Aid.

Basically only did it ‘cause he was hot.

Looking at skinny, hollow–cheeked Jaxon now, he’s not even that good–looking anymore.

Kinda looks like a monkey, actually.

“Babe, these five years, I kept thinking about when we first got together.”

“You were this mega–famous actress, I was nobody sitting in the audience, but somehow you noticed me in that crowd and thanked me publicly as your ‘supportive boyfriend,‘ told all those directors to give me a shot.”

“Remember filming in Chicago? During break we snuck out to Navy Pier. Perfect sunset, amazing breeze. You were so happy, eyes shining talking about how we’d definitely go to Hawaii someday. My eyes were shining too, full of you smiling.”

“Our first anniversary, you gave me that gold watch from your endorsement deal. Cost more than my whole paycheck. I felt so inadequate, but you looked at me so gently, so sure, and said my endorsement deals would be worth a hundred times that someday.”

Jaxon stares at me with this yearning, intense look, then laughs bitterly.

“Babe, turns out I never stopped loving you. I just forgot how much for a while.”

Watching him act all deep and romantic, I feel absolutely nothing

“But reality is, you proposed to Scarlett in front of everyone after winning your Osca

“We were together ten years, should’ve made it to Hawaii by now, but you never took me once.

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“You said you’d always wear that watch, but you took it off when you met Scarlett.”

I glance at Jaxon’s wrist–he’s actually wearing that gold watch now.

I laugh sarcastically: “Fucking gross,”

Jaxon’s face goes white, looking crushed.

“Babe, I’m not asking you to forgive me right away. Just let me stay near you, don’t make me leave.”

I cut him off, not hiding my disgust:

“Ever since you cheated and hurt Grandma, I don’t feel love for you anymore. Just hate and revulsion.”

“Don’t show your face around me again or I’m calling the cops.”

“You don’t wanna go back to that place, right?”

I see his defeated expression and feel completely calm inside.

As I’m leaving, I hear Jaxon behind me:

“I’ll always be grateful you went public with me at your peak. I’m sorry I let you down.”

His voice gets choked up: “I… I lost you.”

“Do you regret being with me?”

I don’t answer, just keep walking.

For a second, I remember something-

The day Jaxon went to prison, our couple’s hashtag that had been trending for ten years officially shut down.

The final fan comment was:

[I remember when Brenna announced their relationship at her peak, she wrote ‘Want to go to Hawaii and watch the sunset with you. Jason’s cheating photos with Scarlett were taken in Hawaii. Can’t imagine how Brenna felt.]

[I believe Jaxon loved Brenna once, but that was unknown–actor Jaxon, not Oscar winner Jaxon.]

[He became an Oscar winner but forgot that back when he was nobody, stores had Brenna’s ads everywhere, her face on every billboard–and she chose HIM.J

When Jazon asked if I regretted being with him….

You know what? I don’t regret shit. Being good to someone who turns out to be garbage doesn’t make me stupid–it just proves I’m a decent person and he’s not.

1 barely take ten steps before Camden bounces back over.

“Brenna, now that you’ve said goodbye to your ex, maybe consider mo?”

I look at him steadily, rejecting him again.

“You’re not my type.”

Camden’s face falls. “What Is your type then?”

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From Clingy to Gone. My tratepeiders Wa Hi Mgest Regret

Chapter 9

I think for a second, picturing a face in my head. “Like my boyfriend, I guess.”

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