Chapter 24. Last Flashback

Freya

I spent a few days, mourning and kept myself away from the real world. I remained in my own bubble of grief, in my own room.

Ben's hostile behavior and his immediate judgement about me aghasted me. He didn't even hesitate to break our engagement as if he was eagerly waiting to find some excuse to do that. All this time, I protected him from feeling low about himself in any way by not telling him how much stress I was enduring only because I was dating him and that's how he decided to repay me?

When time came, when he had to show his trust in me, when we had to prove how strong we were or our love, he just kicked me out, accusing me of cheating I never thought of doing. I even sacrificed my friendship with Rafe for him.

I gained nothing from lying to my family, from loving Ben when it was prohibited. I whimpered silently as water flowed from my eyes. I was trying to be angry at Ben, call him names like he did, but I was unable to do that.