Chapter 45

MELISSA

"I know you don't want to talk about it, but what are you going to do about the contract with him?" she asks, and I don't need to think about the answer because I've already thought about it a lot while I was in the car driving home.

"I can't do this anymore; I can't just be an ornament next to a man I'm in love with. It'll be better for me if I walk away from him completely, Maggie. I'm tired of the pain; I just want a normal life," I sigh, touching my face with my hands.

"I'm sure he'll find another girl to do it with, but I think he already has..." I whisper, remembering the way that girl looked at me when I was with Jacob at the charity ball.

I thought nothing would happen after she said all that to me at the ball, and today I saw that horrible scene and the way she looked at me as if she was happy with my pain.

She must love Jacob too, and they can be together. I'm tired of always being hurt by people. I don't want to go with him to those e