novelxo Chapter 3
The crowd gasps at my obscene language.
I’ve never cursed before in my entire life, yet I chose my first time to be in front of a massive crowd. A crowd that came
purposefully to judge me.
Good job Amiera, you always know exactly what to do to make things harder on yourself.
Even Bryan looks like he doesn’t know who I am anymore. Any other time that would have bothered me but not now, not after
everything he’d done. I didn’t care what he thought anymore. His opinion of me no longer made an impact on my life; I was over
that stage. Now, I would be happy to be a woman that he would not be proud of.
“Amiera, ” my father says under his breath, reminding me of where I was and what I’d just done.
I turn to him, ready to apologize when something catches my attention from the corner of my eye. By the way my heart jumps; I
already know what or rather who it was.
Adam.
He’s here, and there is an amused smirk on his face. Was he enjoying my mental breakdown? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him
give me any attention until now. Things like this caught his attention?
He catches me gazing at him, and immediately the look on his face darkens a shade. My stomach drops, and I feel a wetness
between my legs. My eyes widen as I realize what it is.
How on earth did he manage to arouse me from doing nothing at all? His jaw tightens, and I have this silly thought that he
somehow knows what he’s doing to me.
But that’s not possible. Is it?
How can he possibly know that I’ve been pining for just a single look from him since the first day I saw him? How can he know
that I’ve been secretly drawing him in my room every night? How can he know that my heart threatens to leave my chest every
time he enters the same room as me?
It’s just not possible. He can’t know. He can’t.
My lips part, and for a second, I think his eyes go completely dark. However, I don’t have a chance to ponder that thought when
my mother grabs my hand and pulls me off the stage.
Bryan is watching us, and it’s also possible that he just saw the exchange between Adam and me. Not that I care. It more
concerns me that anyone else but him saw it.
I feel him walking behind me, and it’s the last thing that I want right now. I don’t want to see his face, and I don’t want to listen to
whatever fake excuses he has to give to me.
“I’ll leave you two alone to talk for a few minutes. As soon as you’re done, come and see me. We need to have a serious
discussion.” My mother warns.
Bryan thanks my mother and turns to me as soon as she’s a safe distance away.
“I’m sorry, Amiera, I never wanted to hurt you. My feelings for you just changed; I saw you more like a sister than a girlfriend. Aria
and I started to hang out more, and I couldn’t help myself. She’s beautiful, intelligent, popular, and has control over fire. She’s
everything that you’re not, and I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I believe that you should know the truth.”
Was this supposed to be an apology? Because it seemed like he was trying to insult me more than anything else.
“Get out, ” I say softly without trying to hide the bitterness from my voice.
He sighs, “can we please not lose the friendship that we have over this. I’ve known you almost all my life. I don’t want to lose you
over this.”
I laugh, “you should have thought about that before sticking your tongue down my best friend’s throat.” I snap. “Now, leave
before I say things that I can never take back.”
“Amiera—,”
“LEAVE!” I scream.
He doesn’t move for a few seconds but continues to look at me as though he didn’t know me, “I’m sorry for everything.”
I watch as the man I once put above everyone else walks out of my life.
How could I have been so stupid all along? All of the signs were always there. Why did I choose to trust these people over
everything that my eyes could see? This embarrassment, this pain, it could have all been less horrible if I’d listened to the signs.
Now I would have to deal with the consequences of cursing in front of a conference; I was sure that a video must already be
circulating.
I suddenly felt like running away and never looking back. My life was in a mess, and no one wanted me here. I brought more
unhappiness than anything else to the people close to me. All this time, I’ve thought that Bryan and Aria were the two only good
things that I had going for me in my life, and now even that has been taken away from me.
All my life, they were always the two people that kept me pushing to be better. They were the two people that made life easier for
me. Even though I may never be able to forgive them for what they’ve done to me, I would still be grateful for the years of
friendship I’ve had with them.
We shared many beautiful moments. So many that it’s easy to pretend like they didn’t break my trust to make my heart feel less
pain from all of this.
Aria didn’t try to contact me once, Bryan had come today to save his reputation, but Aria still did not apologize to me.
I didn’t want to think about this anymore, but I couldn’t help it.
It would take my body some time to heal from this. Still, I didn’t think that I would ever be able to get over this. I’ve heard about
heartbreak before, but I’m finally experiencing it.
And it’s not from only one person.
“It’s time for the two of us to talk, ” my mother says behind me.
I sigh; here we go again. I was about to get another long lecture about my behavior, and this time; I might even be punished.