I wasn't your first choice.Chapter 3
Chapter 3 runs about 904 characters and is the last of the 3 opening chapters catalogued on this site; chapter 4 continues in the official app.
Dead silence.
He hesitated.
"Don't be crazy, babe. Would I be doing all this if I didn't care?"
What about Sophie?
Is that love too?
I swallowed the words.
I asked something else.
"Are we official?"
A heavy sigh through the wood.
I could picture his face.
Brows knit.
Patience running out.
"Does it really matter, Ava? We have so much history. Why do we need to put a label on it?"
Classic Liam.
Never making promises.
Never owning up to his shit.
Just deflecting.
Gaslighting me with that soft voice.
Making me the crazy one.
The boy I grew up with.
The center of my universe.
Rotten to the goddamn core.
I wiped my eyes.
Matched his soft tone.
"Okay. I get it."
He mumbled a few sweet nothings.
Walked away.
His footsteps faded down the hall.
I pulled up my dad's text thread.
My hands shook.
"Dad. I made a mistake."
"I'm doing the Paris program. I'll send the application tomorrow."
"Right after my birthday party, I'm out of here."