Chapter 2
Just like when we were kids and someone tried to come between us, Rhett would always say the same thing:[]
“In this whole wide world, Wren comes first. Of course I’m choosing Wren.“]
I looked at Rhett, then at the neighbor girl, whose eyes were suddenly welling up with tears. She slammed the bubble tea down on the table and snapped:
“I seriously didn’t mean anything by it! My power and water got cut off yesterday, so I came over to use your shower. I just wanted to thank you guys today–that’s why I brought the boba!”
Her tears started streaming down.
“Do you really have to give me the cold shoulder like this?“]
I still didn’t respond. I kept my eyes locked on Rhett. He rubbed his temples, then walked over to the table, picked up the bubble tea, and handed it back to her.
“My girlfriend doesn’t mess around. Letting you in yesterday was my mistake. You should go.“]
The neighbor broke down even harder. “We didn’t do anything! Why is she acting like I’m some homewrecker?“[]
She made it sound like I was the one in the wrong.
But that condom on my couch, and the red hair I’d found–it was the exact same shade as this neighbor girl’s.
I had no idea when Rhett, who usually kept strangers at arm’s length, had become so generous that he’d let some random person into our home. Into our bathroom, no less.
A guy and a girl alone together. Who knows what could happen?[]
The neighbor turned her tear–streaked face toward me.[]
“I was just trying to be nice! You’re the one with a dirty mind, so of course everything looks dirty to you! I just moved in–I don’t want drama with my neighbors, but you’re being way too much!“[]
By all logic, Rhett had asked her to leave. If she had any shame, she would’ve walked out. But she kept standing there, putting on a show. For whose benefit?
I looked at her, completely unmoved by her guilt trip.[]
“Fine. I’m being too much.“[]
I threw the door wide open.]
“Please leave!”
This time, the neighbor couldn’t stick around. She stamped her foot and ran out crying. The apartment fell dead silent. Rhett gave me a he was at his wit’s end.
look that said
“Wren, don’t you think you went too far?“]
Rhett and I had been inseparable since we were in diapers. When we were seventeen, Rhett bought up every firework in the entire city just to get me to agree to be his girlfriend, confessing his love under that dazzling display of lights.[]
“Wren, do you want to date me with marriage and growing old together as our endgame?“]
I looked at my boy, trembling as he poured his heart out, and threw myself into his arms with tears in my eyes.]
Our relationship had been smooth sailing ever since. Everyone envied me for having such a perfect childhood–friend–turned–fiancé.]
The Neighbor’s Panties in My Bad? Here’s Your Inuits to Nightm
And now, here he was, taking some random girl’s side against me.[]
“You know how important reputation is to a girl. What you just said could get her labeled as a homewrecker!“]
“Wren.” Rhett walked past me, deliberately bumping my shoulder hard enough to make me stumble back. “I was just trying to save your face, but that doesn’t mean I think you were right.“]
With that, He stormed out, leaving me alone with the lingering smell of soup.
Was I wrong?
Had I messed up?
When I was spiraling into self–doubt, my phone buzzed with a friend request notification.[]
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