Billionaire, Let's Divorce! by BELLA

CLARA

I glanced around the room as I chewed on the takeout that had just been delivered. I gave myself a pat on the back, proud of myself. No, not a mental pat. I actually pat myself on the back, it feels better than an imagined one.

Few hours ago, the room had been filled with boxes and furniture that needed to be assembled. I had first dealt with the room. I wanted to have a place where I could easily crash in case I ran out of the buzzing energy to continue cleaning. Now all that was left was to shift the chairs to my desired spots and-

I frowned at the brown boxes beside the chair.

"Come on! I thought I already took those inside," I said as I took a gulp from the carton of orange juice before I walked toward the boxes.

I kicked them before I crouched down and opened them.

My brain was already wondering what was in the box and how I'd fix them in the parts of the house that it might belong to. I did not really leave any space in my room for more boxes or anything at all. And my-

I came to an abrupt halt as my gaze settled on my favorite shirt. Despite being aware that it was my favorite, Ana had loved it so much that she took it from me and made it hers. Obviously, I left it for her for only one reason. I love her. And she always looked so happy whenever she had the shirt on.

I sighed. I wished I had treated her relationship with Aiden the same way I treated the shirt. If I did, I wouldn't have this gaping hole that refused to fill up in my chest.

I swallowed and continued to dig through the contents. Her hair brush, her old wallet, her heeled shoes, the one she hated so much and stopped wearing only after once... I wondered if she noticed that they were missing. I must have mistakenly packed them with my boxes while I was packing, through my hazy vision after our fight.

I sniffed one of the shirts and a smile curled on my lips. It's been so many years and it still smelled of her. It's been so many yea-

Wait, years? It hasn't been up to a year, has it? How long has it been? Five months? Seven? Lesser than that? Well, I lost count. I didn't exactly enjoy keeping count on how long I'd been apart from my best friend who now hates me.

And yeah, it feels like it's been years since that fight.

fight with her, I had to leave town to clear my head. There had been no plan to return but I got a new job at a charity. Not only did

lives filled me with a sense of fulfillment to the extent that I even take up more jobs

contemplated using it as an excuse to see her again. But I knew I was the only one who missed the other. She had said she

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the boxes a couple of times. I finally gave you and

her," I said to

even managed to

"You're so cute that I wish I could steal you

to myself as I remembered how his eyes had widened

trust me, you're nothing but beautiful. can easily picture

had

IMS

I explained things to him and we got some of my

her mid teens, who had come to volunteer came looking for him that they had to leave, I felt my heart squeeze

with a heavy sigh, my gaze caught the boxes in the backseat through the rearview

I glanced at my watch. It was too late to mail anything. Well, not too late but I'd rather go home to my bed than go through that stress by this time. Or

idea as I started

contemplating until I found

say my congratulations to them. I heard she and Dennis got

smiled as I remembered how much Dennis

took a deep breath as I parked on

see my bestfriend that I miss. Absolutely not. I'm going to return her old stuff that I mistakenly parked with mine and think she might still

I was just driving by, so I decided to