The Day We Met

udible but enough to send a chill down my spine. "Y

heart racing, but ther

my head. Just the haunting voices of my own guilt. The kind of guilt that claws

my own thoughts-thoughts that seemed

et I might try to bury from my

sed the line, given into weakness or even

like a second skin, su

r most was unfolding right in front of me: my best friend havin

t thinking, a wave of emotions coursing through me wa

my cheeks, blurring my vision as I struggled to

ways that used to bring me joy, but

against the wood as she balanced herself. Hi

ot to notice

vely into her ear, I cou

actions showed no single hint of remorse.

een them. "Why are you such a spoiler?" Raph said, his voice dripping with arrogance as he moved c

est friend, the one who staged my r@pe earlier

I was completely taken aback by the degree of lie. Maybe I was decei

n his hand, approached me with a

talk," he murmured

ew simple words. He would be extremely disappointed if

eyes, he extended t

ling with hurt as I opened the document, o

or a while. This is simply not working f

uation was. "You planned this too? Were you aware?"

sounding like he was passing

t of betrayal and heartb

" I sobbed, hoping to save what was

acknowledge the pain he had caused, but now I found myself in the unexpected rol

his out, Raph,

between us. An

eal that you're having an affair wi

t to happen. It just

me into thinking Annie was in dang

both plotting to destroy me," I ac

or everyone if we move

as if our life together never happened. Like our vow

poke. "Maybe it's time you realized

ent I was holding. "Sign

our insecurities... I can't

id. This-this was deliberate. You didn't just wak

ed the two who had turned my world upside down. "I stood b

busy playing the victim that you never saw th

said, my voice low but firm.

s face was inches from mine. "You're alrea

, I refused to let them see me crumble. "You're not j

e. It was just a matter of time befor

ever l