Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 9

The person who came over was Shawn's buddy, Jayden. He had shown a bit of sympathy for Allison during their last hangout. Allison had known him for nearly three years and had always thought well of him.

"I'm just picking up a few things," she replied casually.

Jayden glanced at the bag she was holding. "Is that a gift for Shawn?"

Allison found it too much of a hassle to explain, so she just nodded.

"You know, that brand of watch isn't cheap. Even the basic models cost a small fortune. You really don't have to splurge like that on Shawn..."

He didn't deserve it.

Shawn had openly admitted that he couldn't let go of Kate and only saw Allison as a backup. Last night, he had even ditched Allison and left with Kate, hand in hand, right in front of everyone.

After they left the birthday party, Shawn and Kate spent the night at a hotel-something Allison had no clue about, but Jayden did.

There was a small group chat with their circle of friends. Despite dating Shawn for three years, Allison had never been added to this group. But as soon as Kate returned to town, Shawn added her right in.

picture of her and Shawn in bed to the group, saying he should keep it as a keepsake. Less than a minute later, she

wanted to say something but

wanted to tell Allison to move on, to let her know the truth, but when it came time to

isn't short on material things. You don't need to spend your months' worth of salary on

pal. Their friendship was over a decade strong, but some things were just hard

gift she worked so hard to buy. But that was too harsh, and Jayden didn't have the heart to

Shawn wasn't worth it. The gift wasn't for him, and she nodded with a

for a bit, they went their separate ways. Jayden watched her walk away and

How did she

himself

buying you a watch, and it's worth thousands. That must be months of her pay. You

message while having lunch with Kate. His irritation vanished the moment he read

up and was trying to patch things up with a gift. Well,

it, and throw in some sweet talk to soothe things over.

up? Who's texting?" Kate asked from across

his phone back into

Kate didn't press further.

table. Kate had seen him enter his passcode

punched in the code and

the chat with Allison. The last message was from a week ago.