Chapter 85. Crying

When both her sister and friend left, Belle sat in her corner and cried. She thought about what Brie said to her before leaving, then she remembered confessing her feelings to Ben and his response.

She would be angry at Ben, but he had told her from the beginning that he couldn’t love her, and she was okay with it till recently. She found herself wanting to hear him call her sweeter names; she wanted him to get her flowers; she wanted him to show the world that he was in love with her, but that was not going to happen, and she knew.

After crying, she wiped her tears. Maybe she needed a break from him; she needed to space herself from him because, for all she knew, this could be a mere infatuation she felt towards him, and nothing more. It had to be.

She asked herself how possible it was to develop feelings for someone who you know would never love you back, and s