CHAPTER 8 – BURNING JEALOUSY

Loneliness wasn’t new to me.

I’ve lived with it for as long as I can remember.

It used to be an old, familiar ache, something I had accepted as a part of me. But now, it was different.

Because now, I had tasted what it felt like to have someone.

Aurora.

Even though she wasn’t mine, even though she had cut me off completely, she was still there. I still saw her every day.

She ignored me, acted like I didn’t exist, but I noticed the stolen glances.

She still looked at me sometimes.

I never disturbed her.

I respected her decision, like she wanted. But I wasn’t going to disappear either. I lingered around, at a distance.

close enough to be there, far enough to not be seen as a problem.

And then, she started spending more time with them.

Her so-called friends.

The ones who used her...

The ones she hated...

And worst of all... Sebastian...

I clenched my jaw as I gripped my bicycle, ready to leave the college parking lot.

Then, I heard it.

Her laugh.

It rang through the air like a song I missed.

I turned instinctively... and there she was.

Aurora...

With him...

Sebastian was standing close, too close, his hand resting on her shoulder.

He whispered something in her ear, and she laughed...

really laughed, throwing her head back.

Something inside me cracked...

How dare he touch her?

How dare she let him?

I knew Sebastian...

I knew his type...

The kind that wanted something only because it was within their reach. And now that Aurora had pushed me away, he was swooping in.

Like a vulture...

My grip on my bicycle tightened, my nails digging into my palm.

She still hadn't noticed me.

She was too busy smiling at him.

Too busy enjoying his presence.

A plan formed in my head.

A bad one...

A very bad one.

But I didn’t care.

If Sebastian wanted to play this game...

then so be it....

TO BE CONTINUED...

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