I was telling her all of this for her own good, but not only did she refuse to believe me, she even thought that I found all men in the world unreliable because I had been hurt before.

We were initially talking about her, but the spotlight was abruptly shifted to me. I couldn’t help but feel sad when she exposed my scars right in front of John.

 

“Natalie, don’t you trust me?” I peered into Natalie’s eyes and pressed further, refusing to accept this reality.

“John is my boyfriend, and I’ve given him my everything, so I believe that he loves me,” meeting my gaze, Natalie said with certainty.

Hearing Natalie’s answer, my heart sank to my stomach. It was clear she was determined to trust John.

 

“Why won’t you believe me? He admitted it to me himself. We’ve been friends for so many years. You know I’d never lie to you.”

I remained undeterred because I hoped she’d believe me.

If it were someone else, I wouldn’t bother at all. But because she was my best friend who had stayed by my side through my most difficult times, I couldn’t just stand by and watch when she was tangled up with a scumbag like John.

 

“It’s exactly because you’re my best friend that I’m willing to tolerate this, Anna. From now on, I don’t wanna hear you say another bad word about John. He’s my boyfriend, and I choose to trust him!”

Seeing as I was persisting, Natalie’s eyes filled with anger.

 

of disappointment washed over me. We’ve been friends for so many years. Does our friendship mean nothing compared to a man she’s known for

if John didn’t deliberately instigate it, and I’m sure it’s

moment, I regretted not telling Natalie about John’s true colors the previous night

wouldn’t have gotten

your own good. Please, open your

forward and anxiously grabbed

my insistence only served to further anger Natalie. She flung off my hand and glared

Anna. If you keep saying stuff that’s harmful to my relationship

hurt me deeply. I looked at her with sorrowful eyes, but besides rage, I couldn’t detect any other

in my pride by saying that. For John, she had actually

I shouldn’t have interfered. I’ll move out immediately. I won’t disturb the

paled, and I rushed into my bedroom

Natalie and me, I felt like

I put in my

had actually threatened to end it. I was

into my suitcase. I couldn’t believe exposing a b*stard like John had ended up souring my friendship

and walked through the living room, Natalie

friendship. I only said it in a fit of

I’m gonna go now,” I replied and continued

said it was fine, I still felt indignant on the inside. After all, the two of us had been friends for so

continue staying here as long as you stop bad-mouthing about

was overjoyed that she wanted me to stay, but when I heard the last part of her sentence, my heart

I knew that no amount of advice would make her believe me. Instead, she would get even more infuriated. Hence,

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