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Chapter 4
After Eiden’s family left, Mom slapped me across the face.
I clenched my jaw.
“If you weren’t ready to let go, then why did you send me on that blind date?”
“I wanted you to see just how good Eiden is!”
Mom raised her voice.
“You’ve been spoiled by him these past few years. You don’t know how hard life really is.”
“Do you have any idea how hard it is for someone like you to find a decent partner?”
“The guy messaged me back saying you were old, rude, and way too picky.”
“Bexley, you’re 29, not 19! Stop messing around, will you?”
I slammed the door on my way out.
The night breeze still carried the warmth of late summer, but it couldn’t blow away the heaviness
in my heart.
The leaves rustled sharply in the wind.
I kicked a pebble by the curb, and before I realized it, tears were falling down my cheeks.
How had a simple breakup turned into this whole “everyone versus me” circus?
My phone buzzed in my pocket.
It was a message from Penney.
“How’d the blind date go? Want me to come drink with you?”
I was just about to reply when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw two figures sitting on a bench
nearby.
It was Eiden.
And next to him was Winnie Flynn, his first love.
I turned to leave but accidentally kicked an empty bottle on the ground.
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The sharp sound instantly caught their attention.
Eiden whipped his head around.
When our eyes met, I saw a look in his face I’d never seen before. He was panic and helplessness.
Winnie Flynn looked up too, her cheeks still streaked with tears.
Eiden stood up quickly and hurried toward me, his steps rushed.
“Bexley, what are you doing here?”
“Just getting some air. Don’t mind me. You two carry on.
I forced a smile.
Eiden stared at me, eyes full of complicated emotions.
‘Are you misunderstanding something?”
“No.”
I shook my head.
We were exes now. There was nothing to misunderstand.
Winnie came over too.
Her voice was low and muffled.
“Miss Russell, please don’t get the wrong idea. I was just… feeling a bit down, and Eiden was
comforting me…‘
“That’s between you two. It’s got nothing to do with me.”
I waved a hand, growing impatient.
Everything tonight was just going wrong.
“Bexley!”
Eidén frowned. His tone turned weary and irritated.
“Don’t take your anger out on Winnie.”
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“Me?”
I pointed at myself, baffled.
Eiden looked at me with disappointment, then turned and took Winnie’s hand.
“Let’s go. Let her calm down on her own.”
Winnie gave me a regretful glance, then left with him.
In the cold wind, I pulled my jacket tighter and walked away.
I threw myself into work to distract myself.
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My usually stone–faced boss had complimented me five times this week.
“Not bad. If you keep working like this, a promotion and raise won’t be far off.”
Nickler Grant looked at me with approval.
I kept a straight face but was flipping him off in my mind.
And yet, Eiden still came to wait for me outside the office after work.
As if nothing had happened.
“Bexley, let’s go home. It might rain soon.”
I didn’t move.
“Eiden, I told you, you don’t need to come here anymore.”
“But why? Why are you suddenly breaking up with me?”
Eiden truly couldn’t understand.
We had gotten along so well. How did it come to this?
Behind me, Nickler Grant’s voice rang out.
“Maybe it’s because she still hasn’t gotten over her first love with me.”
