When I woke again, I was in a hospital.
Alexander was sitting next to the bed, casually scrolling on his phone.
"You're awake. Why didn't you say something when you were sick?" he asked, seemingly annoyed.
I turned my head, not wanting to look at him. "Just leave. We're done. It's over."
"Seraphina, listen to me. It was Eleanor, she came onto me first."
Once again, he tried to shift the blame to her.
What a coward.
"She knows where you're staying? She knew your room number? Alexander, you're pathetic. You knew you had an engagement, but instead of breaking it off, you fell in love with someone else and couldn't even bring yourself to face your parents."
"Did you really think I couldn't get a flight for Casey after she was sent abroad? You didn't resist your parents because you knew without their support, you'd be nothing."
"You keep blaming me, as if punishing me makes you appear loyal and unyielding."
"Eleanor's interested in you. You let her into your room, then you blame her for being forward."
"You're just a spineless scumbag!"
"You don't deserve love," I finished calmly.
He suddenly laughed bitterly. "Yeah, I'm trash. Seraphina, you think you're so high and mighty, but didn't you love me, this garbage, for twenty years?"
"Does it feel good to want something and not get it?"
"It was me who told Eleanor where I was. She's so forward. If it wasn't for you knocking, I would have slept with her already."
I grabbed the water cup from the bedside table and hurled it at him, screaming, "Get out!"
He rubbed his forehead and smiled cruelly. "I don't need to prove anything to you. Honestly, I don't find you attractive anymore."
"Also, remember to go home and annul the engagement."
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Perhaps that old saying is true.
Force makes you win some, but it doesn't make you succeed in everything.
I should have known better. Someone as awful as you shouldn't have been in my life.
I should have given up on you sooner. Forgotten you.
