Chapter 201

“Are you that oblivious, or is this your way of mocking my pathetic self? I slept with Matthew. I offered myself. What you see here are not wounds; they’re hickies!” Helen seethed. I saw loneliness and rage in her eyes.

I slumped onto my bed, unable to process the news.

“Oh? Does it sting now that Matthew and I are together?” Helen looked at me with the corners of her eyes. The contempt and sadness in her eyes made her look extra pitiable.

“No, you’re mistaken, Helen. I just… feel sorry for you.”

“He kept calling your name when he was with me until he lost his voice. And when he realized what he had done, he sobbed loudly. He said there was no hope anymore, that he was no longer pure.”

Tears suddenly fell from Helen’s eyes, rolling down her dainty cheeks. She cried despondently, “Why? How could he do this to me? He was sleeping with me yet he was thinking of you. Why? Why?”

Matthew’s text in the middle of the night came to my mind. I now understood why he apologized to me.

I did not have a bad temper, but I did have my principles. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have cut

off that decisively

He thought that he had betrayed me, so

Matthew. He was such a

I felt sorry.

felt sorry for Matthew and Helen. They suffered because

the entire day. She didn’t attend her lectures; she didn’t leave the apartment; she didn’t even get up

at noon, she was staring at the

in the same position when I came back at night.

tell you that I won’t ever talk to Matthew again. Can you please give him

1/2

+15 BONUS

had feelings for me since high school. It’s been almost eight years now. I don’t think he knows if his feelings for me are true love or the longing for

to mend his bruised heart. You slept with him even though you know he still loves someone else. I think that’s very brave of you. Well done,

He won’t take you for granted. Give him some time. Keep him company. One day,

against me. I’m your friend,

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255