“I do not love you anymore.”
His words hung in the air and rang in her ears like a broken stereo, repeating until her head ache and her heart broke.
To make the experience worse, Lucas even turned away from her just like the day before. And it hurts, so d*mn much to receive words opposing what those same lips used to utter every day in the past, to feel rejected and pushed away.
For a while, Emily had to contemplate whether it was all pretend from the start, or if he was literally lying to push her away. If before, before Lucas clarified things, she would be asked that question, she would think that Lucas was getting revenge on her. Although he knew that the truth was the latter, her mind kept bugging her senses and opening the possibilities of the former being also half real.
As much
