Chapter 39. I’ll Prove It

Delilah’s fists balled against the tree as she watched the scene play out in front of her. She was standing in plain sight, and yet, it seemed, she was invisible in their world; nonexistent.

Nobody batted an eye her way, and even after uttering a tragic goodbye, the duo in front of her did not let each other go. It was oddly unsettling for her, the fact that Jake was hanging onto another woman and the fact that he had the audacity to tell her he loved her in Delilah’s presence.

Her heart felt tight, and she wanted to let her pain out in a scream, but she bit her lip and stayed quiet instead… because she knew. She knew they loved each other; they’d been together before she came into the picture, and they would’ve still been together if she’d stayed out of it.

She broke them apart… in fact she was the barrier that kept them from being together and somehow, she didn’t regret it. She’d promised to start doing better, to stop being so wicked and selfish, but not tonight