He walked into the living room uninvited. “Come eat breakfast before it gets cold.”
I found his confidence amusing. “You still want to hold another wedding with me?”
He seemed unsurprised by what he perceived as my “compromise“. It was as if he had expected me to give myself an easy way out.
He even looked smug, his face clearly saying, ‘She’s just so easy to win over‘.
I asked, “Will you invite the same people who attended your wedding with Anna?”
His expression darkened.
I smiled. “Ethan, you’re too arrogant. We’ve broken up, don’t you get it?”
He could not believe it.
Though he had pursued me first, he had always been the one in control in our relationship.
He knew that despite my strong exterior, I was someone who did not know how to love properly. However, I had made plenty of compromises for him too.
Ethan gripped my hand tightly. “I don’t agree to us breaking up. Stop saying things you don’t mean. Lou, can’t you just stop being angry?”
Just then, Charlotte glanced at her phone and, looking alarmed, pulled me away from Ethan.
With unusual seriousness, she said, “Come with me. My brother is threatening to jump off the roof.”
Charlotte and I rushed to the rooftop, and Ethan followed us.
The building was tall over 30 floors.
Seth was standing outside the guardrail.
Thankfully, the guardrail was set back from the edge, making the situation appear less precarious than b
Charlotte called out anxiously, “Seth, come down! Whatever it is, we can talk about it.”
Seth ignored her and looked directly at me. “I need to talk to Louise.”
My full name is Louise Landry. It was a combination of my mother’s and father’s surnames.
My friends found it cumbersome and called me Lou. Only this boy had called me Louise since we were kids.
The college freshman who had once asked me for advice about majors had grown so much. Thinking this, I stepped forward and spoke softly. “I’m listening. Please sit down first, okay?”
might have been.
Chapter 6
Seth’s ears turned bright red as he spoke stiffly, “I’ve been in love with you for eight years.”
Each word came out like a recitation from a textbook.
