PART 2 - CHAPTER 134

JESS

I could feel the tightness in my chest and the creeping heat rising in my throat. Anxiety was clawing at my insides, and it was only a matter of seconds before I completely unraveled. Keep it together Jess.

Not now. Don't lose it now.

Everyone will see how pathetic I am.

My heart and mind were tangled into one giant mess, pounding like war drums, demanding I get out of there. Every breath felt like I inhaled sandpaper, the air thick, suffocating.

I couldn't stay another second.

I need fresh air. This place was suffocating.

I needed to get out and I needed to get out NOW!

I wasn't angry with Luke. I wasn't even sure how I felt anymore.

Luke was making sense. We weren't together at the start or middle of senior year. We had moments, and of course, things happened between us, but we were never exclusive. Hell, he was going to take someone else to prom, so why would I be if he slept with this girl. It was a stupid promise made by a boy to a girl at a party. He never promised to be just, no. He said I was just his... I just assumed...

angry

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explained what happened. My head understood it-we weren't together back then-but my heart... my stupid heart had built its own version of the truth, and now it

surface, and I was in a Luke bubble and didn't notice

him. Even

tidal wave about to crash over

only focus on the stairs. I needed to escape. I aimed for the steps, feeling the cool night air waiting just beyond the doors. Maybe if I could breathe, if I could just

Shit. Josh.

fast, and the world tilted. My ankle twisted, catching on something-I didn't even know what. My heart lurched in my chest as I felt myself lose balance, the floor falling away beneath

It was too late.

plummeted backward. I

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my vision, and then my body slammed into

sharp and immediate, and then I was rolling-down, down, down, each impact jarring my body. Everything was spinning, my thoughts scattering with

I finally stopped, everything hurt. My vision was hazy,

felt like knives slicing through my lungs. I tried to move, but my limbs were sluggish and heavy. My head throbbed, and it was like my skull was wrapped in a vice,

from the club was muffled and distant like I

but familiar. Luke? Josh? I couldn't tell. Everything was

wouldn't move. All I could do was lie there, my chest heaving with shallow, painful breaths, as I waited for the world to right

very flimsy. little black dress, one I regretted right now. As far as gracious falls, I think this ranked

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