Chapter 249

Ethan kept giving me hope, only to rip it away when I was about to let go-leaving me crushed, hopeless, and utterly defeated.

"He's not someone worth liking, and I don't want to waste any more time loving someone who will never love me back

I wasn't a genius, but I knew when to walk away.

"Lyla, he never loved me. In fact, all be's done is hurt me repeatedly. How could I stay with someone like that?"

The thought of Ethan's actions made me frown slightly. A sharp pain in my stomach caused me to bite down on my lip.

There was a pause on the other end of the line, Lyla seemed hesitant, and after a moment of silence, her voice came through cautiously.

seem. Maybe he's done a lot for you

the waters, probing my feelings and trying to gauge my

doesn't matter what he's done. If he hasn't stood up for me, it's not love. Love means having someone's back, being biased in their favor, and

Erhan's feelings for Leah

love ar

that his feelings for her were pure-untainted by any agenda

and me. She was the

softly, her confidence wavering.

just doesn't know

where people were kind, where the dangers of the heart were easily overlooked. She believed the best in people, piecing together fragments of goodness and seeing a person's whole character through that lens. "Lyla, he doesn't deserve love. If he really loved someone, he'd understand what it means to set boundaries. He's always defended Leah,

don't want anything to do with him anymore. I just want to hold onto whatever

gracious. I didn't care. I was done playing their games, I refused to be their toy, and I refused to be humiliated

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