? WINGLESS AND BEAUTIFUL ?
?EPISODE 45?
He could have any girl he wanted—girls as perfect as she was. Why would he settle for me?
After school, when I got to the front gates, I saw Hunter
getting into his car with that girl.
And just when I thought
my heart was maxed out, I felt it break just a little bit more.
Tears rolled down my cheeks without me knowing. I quickly
wiped them with my fingers before somebody could notice.
Hunter didn’t deserve my tears. He made me fall in love
with him, and then he left me.
He asked me to wait for
him… only to replace me with somebody who was like a slap
in the face for me.
I knew I couldn’t score like that in a million years!
“Wait!” I heard somebody shout behind me.
Then I saw Denise rushing off to catch Hunter before he drove off.
They spoke briefly while the girl patiently sat on the passenger seat, without even a side glance at who Hunter was
speaking to.
Well, if I was that pretty, I wouldn’t have to worry that
my boyfriend will flirt with somebody else.
When Hunter drove away, Denise approached me.
“Sorry I didn’t see you there,” she said.
I just smiled at her, afraid that I would burst into tears
the minute I opened my mouth.
“I just asked Hunter to tell my folks I would be late
tonight.”
“Why? Hot date?”
Denise’s eyes lit up. “Yes, if you must know. And it’s
dates, not date.”
“Dates? As in more than one?”
She nodded. “As in Chaise and you.”
“What?”
“Yeah. Chaise and I are hanging out in the bookshop
tonight. He already promised to drop both of us home.”
“Why?”
“Because you, guys, are going to help me plan next
weekend’s bonfire. And no buts! I know you won’t be too
busy. More than half the population of this town are morons, who wouldn’t even make it past chapter five of a book.
So, I know you don’t have a line of customers impatiently waiting for your assistance. But I, on the other hand, am in dire need of help.”
“My boss will not be happy if I brought a friend while I
was supposed to be working,” I argued.
“But ahh! Did you forget that Chaise’s aunt owns the
place? Surely, she wouldn’t mind. And besides, it’s school
work.
Not like we’ll be there drooling over boys and plotting
how to lose our virginities.”
“Haha! Sometimes, you can be very funny,” I said,
forcing a grin on my face.
“Is that Hunter Vaughn taking Tania Jameson home?”
Chaise asked, appearing behind us.
Denise nodded. “Hunter used to go to Jacksonville. He
and Tania are sort of an item.
On again, off again type of
thing. But for sure, Hunter did not really go out with
anybody else other than her.
And all the other guys in
Jacksonville felt it was pointless to even try asking Tania out when they were up against the ‘King of the World’. And besides, their parents are business partners.
They had been matching the two of them since they were ten or something.
It would be beneficial to their family’s wealth if they ended
up getting married in the future.”
The problem with keeping your boyfriend a secret to
your friends is that you have to endure minutes or hours
hearing about him and another girl.
It’s killing you inside,
slowly but surely and yet, you couldn’t even cry and scream
from the heartache.
I bit my lip to the point of feeling pain. I didn’t want to
believe that one pain lessens another, but right at that
moment.
I would cling on to anything that would decrease
the shattering pain I felt inside my chest.
On again, off again, huh!
Funny how he forgot to mention that! He had a girlfriend
already when he met me.
And yet, he still asked me out…
kssed me, made me believe that he could really fall in love
with me.
What a fool I have been!
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