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.

with me? I’d just gone through a nasty breakup and lost the two most influential people in my life. And now I was pining over a guy

had to be it. Why else would I develop any feelings for Adam,

the only one in our relationship that was not completely happy. I did not realize it until now, but my feelings for him must

compare it to

saw what 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

would have never known feelings like this existed. But the truth was that it only lived because of Adam. I

looked

ex-girlfriend.

she hears the door and a bright smile forms on her face.

down,” Abigail comments the moment I take a seat

don’t want to talk about it.” I

the doorway, and I know without

with Lizzie.

she says with a sigh. Though I

expressions must give it

now only a few days away from the fire fairy

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 sit this one out,

your turn. Every fire whisperer in this room will have a chance to find

at the sudden addition to her earlier

to be tested, even I didn’t think that it was possible for someone that didn’t know

flaming whisperer.

can’t create fire? Does that mean that it’s okay for others to treat me like I’m nothing? I

every lesson I’ve been

they’re pathetic and disrespectful for making me feel like I’m less than them just because of my