What little air Jonah had inhaled seeped past his lips as he gripped the chair. His treacherous lungs refused to take another breath even though they burned from the lack of oxygen. None of that mattered after the news Ally delivered.
Another thought plagued his mind. Had Ally accepted the proposal from her ex-boyfriend?
He drew in a deep, cherry scented breath. Ally moved in front of him. She clasped his shoulder, giving him a firm shake. Her lips moved, but no words drifted to his ears. Only the sound of his heart as it raged inside his chest.
He’d been a fool to believe…
“I should have known.” The lump in his throat muffled the hardness of his words.
“Should’ve known what?”
“That you’d find someone. That you wouldn’t waste one minute of your life waiting for someone like me.”
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