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.

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

in time. He wanted to say something but held back-it wasn't his

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

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

was over a decade strong, but some things

worked so hard to

gift wasn't for him,

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

she end

couldn't stop himself from

man, your girlfriend's really great. I just saw her buying you a watch, and it's worth thousands. That must be months of

having lunch with Kate. His irritation vanished the moment

realized she'd messed up and was trying to patch things up with a

tone, tell her not to worry about it, and throw in some sweet talk to soothe things over. Allison

texting?" Kate asked from

slipped his phone back into his pocket and

Kate didn't press further.

to use the restroom, leaving his phone on the table. Kate had seen him

punched in the code and opened

chat with Allison. The last message