Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 51

I bent down, picked up a shard of the broken remote, and drew it across my arm without hesitation.

It happened fast. After a slight sting, a thin line opened, and blood began seeping out. It trickled down my arm and dripped onto the floor.

Zion froze, looking stunned. Only after several drops of blood hit the ground did he snap out of it, shouting, "Hudson, what are you doing? Are you hurting yourself?"

Selena, too, realized what I had done. She grabbed my arm, her eyes filled with fear, though she quickly relaxed. She saw it was just a shallow cut on my skin, not my veins.

I never told them, but I once had a mild depression.

and demanding. There was high pressure and an insane amount of tasks, long hours, difficult

period, contemplating my life. Was this all there was to it? Why were there so many schemes and deceptions in

that I didn't have to suffer anymore. But in the end, I always gave up

the image of Selena would come to mind, flashing before my eyes. My will to live was rekindled by looking at her pictures and thinking about what she said to me. In those moments, life was

a mess, but at least I

that she, too, would betray me

pushed to the

Sylvia afterward. If Selena had been my first ray of sunlight, Sylvia

needed to find a way to get back to her. I

despite his reluctance, he went to find a doctor after Selena told him