Chapter 23

Scarlett’s POV

I got up to leave, and he opened the door. Tears began to flow from my eyes uncontrollably; I couldn’t prevent him from seeing me like this, and his eyes showed me that he truly felt what had happened.

“I’m sorry, I always thought I liked girls,” he murmured. “I enjoyed spending time with you.”

“Same here.”

I turned to leave and, unavoidably, I looked into his eyes one last time.

“I hope you’re really happy with Tucker, good luck,” I smiled.

Life has countless stages that will make you hate it, you might even think the world is against you, that it doesn’t want you to be happy, or that it doesn’t want you to succeed in a good way. I believed that for a long time, thought the world hated me, that it wanted to snatch away the happy life I always imagined. But I’m starting to realize that’s not really the case. Walking through the city, tears in my eyes, my heart shattered, and my hands trembling, I realized that if I want to st