Shattered Longings

Chapter 17 Don’t Do Anything Reckless

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Chapter 17 Don’t Do Anything Reckless

Too much had happened that night for Bella to process, so she kept drinking, drowning her thoughts in alcohol.

Lia wanted to drink with her, but Bella stopped her. “You better not. If your heart condition flares up, I’ll be too drunk to save you.”

Lia chuckled. “With a doctor by my side, what’s there to worry about? My heart’s not that fragile. Besides, you became a cardiologist because of me. I owe you a drink for that.”

Bella had chosen to study medicine and become a cardiologist because of Lia’s congenital heart condition. Lia was her only friend, and Bella had tasted loss enough times to know she feared loneliness more than anything.

By the time it was past midnight, Bella was so drunk her consciousness had started to blur. For someone who rarely drank, this night had been far too wild.

“I’ll take you home…” Lia slurred while holding onto a shred of sobriety.

her phone as she mumbled,

you’re hopeless. Even drunk, you’re still thinking about him. Fine, call him. Let him pick you

phone, struggling to make out the words on the screen.

are you? Come pick me up… I’m at Zero

out of bed and started getting dressed. “Stay there. I’m coming

had dialed the wrong number, but Felix couldn’t leave her alone. After all, his confession to her back in college hadn’t

the bar, he scanned the area until he spotted

here.

looked up blearily. “Why are you here, Felix? Didn’t she call

responding, “She

it to argue, and she trusted Felix. She’d heard enough about him from Bella to know he was a stand–up guy. “Alright, take her

half–hearted warning. “You

nodded, noting that Lia still had some presence of mind. “Be careful on your way home. Once you’re there, send a text to Bella’s

women outside, Felix made sure Lia got into a cab and gave the driver strict instructions

him. He hadn’t expected that after all these years, this would be