My Best Friend Stole My Royal Boyfriend

Chapter 18

It’s the next day of school, and I’m having trouble breathing. I’m even more nervous about seeing Adam today than I was yesterday. Would he act as nothing happened between us just like the last time, or would he do the opposite today? That’s the thing about Adam; he was unpredictable; it was like meeting a new person every time that I saw him, with the same nerve-wracking feelings, of course.

The moment I start to walk through the halls, my heart rate increases with each step that I take. I know that I’m not prepared to see him today; I’m not prepared for anything at all. I want to be stronger, I do, but my heart and mind have been taking the lead lately. It’s too caught up in a series of emotions that seems to be only growing stronger the more time that I spend with him.

I turn the corner, unsure what it has in store for me, but what I see next drags all of the air

out of my lungs.

I take a moment to take in the scene some more, but it does nothing to calm the pounding

in my chest.

Adam is leaning against his locker, but he is not alone; Lizzie is in front of him.

She has her hands on his chest, and she’s staring into his eyes. I feel an instant drop in my heartbeat from seeing them in such a romantic position. I don’t know what I was expecting from him today, but this was the last thing on my mind.

I’m both hurt and angry that they’re doing this in front of me. I know it isn’t intentional but

someone please tell that to my stupid heart.

I know that what happened between us yesterday was only him trying to help me but still, I didn’t expect to walk in here today and see both of them so close. I’ve overheard a few girls talking, and from what I heard, they didn’t get back together. But this ongoing display of

affection said otherwise. Did the girls not get enough information, or were they saying that

because they hated the thought of Adam having someone else?

He isn’t looking my way, and even though his intense gaze usually sends me into a whirlpool of emotions, I feel a sense of emptiness now that I don’t have it.

influential people in my life. And now I was pining

be it. Why else would I develop any feelings for Adam, who has never once shown interest in me? I should be focusing

in our relationship that was not completely happy. I did not realize

it

real passion felt like, I know what I had been missing. Was that why Bryan chose to cheat? We didn’t have that passion in our relationship. It doesn’t excuse what he’d done, but now I was happy that we were no longer together. I was allowed to

that I never thought

if I had remained with Bryan, I would have never known feelings like this existed. But the truth was that it only lived because of Adam. I

was a big issue since he looked as though he was

ex-girlfriend.

and step inside. Abigail looks up when she hears the door and a bright smile forms on her face. It’s nice to see that at least one person is happy to see me today. It’s not like it’s her first time seeing

comments the moment I take a seat

shoulders, “I don’t want to talk about

know without looking up that

with Lizzie.

she says with a sigh.

my facial expressions must give it

only a few days away from the

the room is filled with cheers at her question. I don’t even know why | waste my time attending that festival every year. But if I asked my parents to

seen your seniors be tested, and this year it’s finally your turn. Every fire whisperer in this room will have a chance to find out if the power has

her earlier

testing me? Not that I wanted to be tested, even I

flaming whisperer.

that tries very hard. So what if I can’t create fire? Does that mean that it’s okay for others to treat me like I’m nothing? I

been taught

for making me feel like I’m less than them just because of my inability to create fire. I