Chapter 53

Salary

He picked up the blouse that was on the floor and handed it to me. I don’t know what to feel anymore. It is not the pain; it’s who it came from.

I said nothing. I just took the clothes and put them on quietly as he stood there watching. I could feel the warmth of my two ears, as well as the shedding of tears in my eyes. My words were stuck in my throat. These feelings of swings from most loved to most hated would be the end for me. I guess.

“Look, I’m sorry,” he sincerely said, like there must be some mistake that happened.

I feel like my tears will flow any moment because of what he said. Why am I hurting? I felt like my heart was squeezing.

Come on, Cherry! Don’t play victim to circumstances you created. You’re the one who said you will not fall for someone like him, but why do you seem to eat everything you said? Most of all, I didn’t think I would get hurt a second time.

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