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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My head understood it-we weren't together back then-but my heart... my stupid heart had built

the surface, and I was in a Luke bubble and didn't notice any of them. Veronica, Jocelyn and now Courtney... I was losing

loved him. Even

panic was rising fast, like a tidal wave about to crash over me. I needed to get out of here before I lost control before I hurled my guts out

her smug expression, my 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 get outside... "Jess!" Josh's voice pierced through the haze.

Shit. Josh.

and the world tilted. My ankle twisted, catching on something-I didn't even know what. My heart lurched in my chest as

It was too late.

plummeted backward. I heard gasps

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vision, and then my body

down, down, each impact jarring my

hurt. My vision

clouding the edges and taking a breath 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, tightening with every passing

It was hard to tell what was happening around me. The music from the club was muffled

familiar. Luke? Josh? I couldn't tell. Everything was too foggy, too

speak, to say something, but my lips wouldn't move. All I could do was lie there, my chest heaving with shallow,

wearing a very flimsy. little black dress, one I regretted right now. As far as gracious falls,

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