The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 4

That night, our school’s Discord server absolutely exploded:

[OMG!!! Zephyr is SUCH A GODDAMN SNACK!! Total bad boy energy, who wouldn’t fall for that??]

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[The way he LOOKED at her though?? When will someone stare at ME like I’m their entire world smh]

[What about that desperate girl who sits next to him? LMAO, she’s been throwing herself at him

forever, and still tried to make e? From what Zephyr said, sounds like she’s already been his

hookup multiple times?]

[Phoebe Johnson? Just a basic bitch with big tits. Total thirst trap vibe, probably been ran through already. I heard she makes Zephyr buy her slutty lingerie~]

[Let’s be real, Phoebe’s type only appeals to creepy older guys. Some “queen bee“-bet she’s got sugar daddies lined up in her DMs!]

THE it couple! If this were Netflix, Phoebe would be

And now that they’ve had their kiss,

only bothered to reply in the thread discussing Katherine:

cool to talk about her like that]

stared at my screen, completely numb.

already shattered heart somehow found

my head back, breathing deeply to keep the tears at

up from this fantasy was excruciating.

My phone buzzed.

31.6%

[Hey, you doing alright?]

[Have you seen the Discord?

don’t know you at all. They’re just

was a sophomore on my academic decathlon

competed, and won medals. Everyone on the team was

fingers hovered over the keyboard as I was about to

state competition–does it still come