Chapter 11

I grumbled, annoyed, as I snatched the red envelope from her grasp. "I had made a promise to myself to keep my distance from him."

"Why did you make such a promise?" Angelica asked softly, fiddling with my bedsheets. "You're hurting yourself."

"If I could go without him for five years, I can do it for the rest of my life," I confidently declared.

"No, you can't. If that were true, you would already be engaged to Thomas Griffen," she stated matter-of-factly.

Thomas Griffen was a close friend from my last year of college. We spent a lot of time together, studying and hanging out.

We were often regarded as the 'power couple.'

Many people believed we had an exceptional chemistry that was rare to find.

On graduation day, he asked me to be his girlfriend officially.

Any girl would have said yes to that.

He would have been the perfect boyfriend, fiance, and husband. He was intelligent, well-mannered, and handsome.

Tho