Chapter 74. Decisions Made and Unmade

Jacob

I watched as she ran into the mansion, her cheeks stained with tears and her eyes red, that had fucking told me that I’d torn her apart with the betrayal. Forget about Danica; I was the bigger traitor here. I shattered the promises I had sworn never to break. I uttered words, fully aware that they would mercilessly crush her heart.

Damn it! All along, I knew it was the wrong path to take, yet my own doubts propelled me forward—I ended up fucking up everything, anyways. Now, I found myself without Evelyn, without the friendship I tried to save, and worse, the losses and pain I had desperately tried to shield her from were inevitable.

She just went through it…right before my damn eyes and I being the fucking looser, just stood still all the time.

I should never have did what Danica had told me however, my own fucking insecurities drove me into this shit.

But I just wanted her to be…happy. That was my only desire—all the way along. I’d thought