Chapter 8.
I scoffed. “Does it matter? You’re both trash. Don’t force me to pick the one that looks better between the two pieces of shit.”
He looked hurt; my words hit a nerve. After a long silence, he finally said, voice low and hoarse, “Alyssa, I was serious about the engagement.
“I told Rylan that day to forget about Vina’s plan and keep quiet, just get engaged peacefully. And from now on, I won’t let him near you.”
I sneered. “You were very generous when you sent me to his bed.”
His face went pale. “I never told him to touch you! It was the rule! I didn’t know he would…
“I know you’re hurt and angry.
“Don’t be afraid. I’ve arranged for top doctors and the safest procedure to get rid of this baby. You won’t feel a thing.
“Vina won’t hurt you again. Her family’s already gone bankrupt.
“I’ll make it up to you with everything I have.
“Let’s pretend none of this ever happened. I’ll give you whatever you
want.”
I shot up and hit him as hard as I could.
“Keep dreaming!
“After everything you two did, why should I be the one to forget?”
Kellan’s head turned from the blow. He wiped the blood off his lip. “Feel
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better?” he said. “If not, go ahead, hit me again.”
I closed my eyes. “Get out.”
He stood without a word.
“I’ll come back tomorrow.”
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That night, I curled up in the cold blankets and dreamed of my dorm bed at the university. Back when we broke up, I cried quietly under the covers, soaking the pillow with tears.
I didn’t tell anyone.
Did I ever love Kellan?
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དལ་མཚན་ད་དོས་དད་ཏན་པ་ད་ལས་ ད་ ད་ཆད་
Maybe. If I didn’t, it wouldn’t have hurt so much. I wouldn’t have stayed up all night regretting I ever accepted that “gift.”
In my dream, someone softly brushed away my tears and whispered with a sigh, “Alyssa… don’t cry…”
When I opened my eyes the next day, Rylan was at my bedside.
He had taken me out in secret.
His face was a mess–bruised eye, scratch marks on his neck, and his were bloodshot.
“I’m sorry…” His voice was rasped.
I just listened numbly.
He looked at me, eyes full of worry. “Did he do anything to you?”
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“Don’t you think that’s funny?” They hurt me, and they were comparing who did it less.
He pressed his lips together. He wanted to ask why I hadn’t told him about
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Of course, they were the ones who said it themselves. “Get out if you’re pregnant.”
He clenched his fists. “Alyssa, you knew it was a setup all along.
“This whole year… every kiss, every hug… every
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said
you loved
me, was any of it real?” His voice shook.
I wanted to say yes. That it was all an act.
But I just let out a deep sigh. “Rylan, you can’t fake feelings.
“When you kissed me for the first time, I was so happy I couldn’t sleep all night.
“I told myself I’d treat you even better.
“I did think about having a kid with you. About building a life together.”
His eyes suddenly widened, and all the color drained from his face.
I looked at him, my voice calm, like I was telling someone else’s story.
“The fireworks you arranged at the restaurant, the way you held me when I had nightmares, how you always made sure that oatmeal was warm no matter how late it got… At those moments, I was genuinely happy.
“You talked about getting engaged, starting a family… and until I overheard you at the gallery, I really believed you.
“I even looked at baby name websites in secret, trying to pick a name for the baby.
“I went out in the rain that day to tell you… I’m pregnant.
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His eyes turned red in an instant. He raised his hand, then jerked it back. His lower lip was bitten so hard it bled. “Please… don’t shut me out for good… tell me what I can do… to make this hurt less for you…”
ར་རམ་དེ་རེད་་་ པས་དགྱེས་ཉེས་ད་ལམ་དམ་ཆེན་ཐོག་ག་རང་གི་གནས་ས་ཆད་དེ་ཆ་དེ་གནས་་་ད་
དེ་ཚད་དམ་་ ་་ ་་ཡོད་དེ་ས་དང་ས་ད་པལ་་་་ནས་ས་ས་ད་ད་ད་་་ངས་ད་ད་ ད་
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