Chapter 9

Chapter 9

During my time with family in Boston, I put on a good show of being happy.

I kept myself deliberately busy, filling every hour with activities, leaving no empty spaces for unwanted thoughts.

And no, I didn’t unblock Aiden like he’d demanded.

Still, Maya and other friends kept sending me updates about him.

Apparently, Aiden and his friends spent days in Aspen. For some reason, he started posting constantly on Instagram – totally unlike the guy who’d go months without a single post.

Sometimes it was videos of him carving down black diamond runs, sometimes lavish dinners and all–night parties, but mostly group photos of everyone goofing around in the snow, all smiles and inside jokes.

I didn’t want to know, people kept sending me

I wasn’t in Aspen with

making vague excuses about family obligations in Boston.

Aiden a player, everyone else just gave me these knowing looks, like they were afraid to say what they

every group photo he posted, he and Madison were practically glued together,

it had been mine for years.

these posts, I kept my face neutral, but

real love, someone I’d genuinely

myself break down sometimes,

remember his cruel

have some self–respect.

on. Get through withdrawal. Things would

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