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.

maybe things aren't exactly how they seem. Maybe he's done

probing my

stood up for me, it's not love. Love means having someone's back, being

didn't know if Erhan's feelings for

love ar

did mow was that his feelings for

different. There was no comparison between Leah and me. She was the one he would always choose, while I was the one left on the

said softly, her confidence wavering.

just doesn't know how

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, never choosing between us because

do with him anymore. I just want to hold onto whatever

could call me selfish or say I didn't know when to be gracious. I didn't care. I was done playing their games, I refused to be their toy, and I refused

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