Book7 Chapter2.
| stayed in the hospital for a week, but Xavier never visited.
Instead, | saw Chloe and him flaunting their relationship on social media every day.
"Xavier is so sweet. He madea heart-shaped lunch again!"
"| just got a little scratch on my forehead, and Xavier is so worried. He's the best."
At first, | checked every day to see what new ways they would show off.
But the more | saw, the more it hurt, so | stopped looking.
| quietly checked myself out of the hospital and took a cab home.
The house was covered in dust, proof that Xavier hadn't been hall week.
| didn't have the energy to clean up, so | just threw a sheet over the couch and lay down.
On the way home, | bought a new phone and got a replacement SIM card.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt
My previous phone had fallen off the cliff, and | didn't think I'd ever get it back.
As soon as | inserted the new SIM card, Xavier's call cthrough, his voice angry and demanding.
"Ariella, what the hell are you doing? I've called you a thousand times, and you didn't answer!"
Xavier had a quick temper, exploding at the slightest inconvenience.
| had endured his outbursts for eight years, and | couldn't count how many times | had been hurt.
In the past, whenever he got angry would
appease him. appease him. Con
cand try gry
But this time, | felt a strange calm.
Maybe this was what they meant by "nothing hurts more than a dead heart."
"My previous phone fell off the cliff. | just got a new one today."
There was a brief silence on the other end of the line.
Maybe he was surprised by how calm | was. | asked him again, "What do you want?"
Xavier's voice was full of surprise and discomfort.
"You checked out without telling me, and | went to the hospital for nothing."
"I bought you a limited-edition
diamond necklace before. Where did
you put it? Chloe wants to wear it t the jewelry show tomorrow. I'm going with her."
My heart clenched.
That necklace was a token of our relationship when we first got together.
It didn't
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm
but
ago,
t much eight yea was worth a lot since
elet
was-kind piece by a
famous designer.
But to me, it was priceless.
It symbolized my unique love for Xavier.
It was my whole youth and my dreams.
But now, with just a few words, he wanted to give it to another woman.