The Price of Unrequited Love

Chapter 7 Chapter 7

Word Count: 674 | Released on: 14/07/2025

ing second, it felt like a dream come true, a fan

essive. The fantasy shattered. This was

chest, struggling to ge

ighter, his lips m

ainst her mouth, his voice

loi

lightning, shocking her

. A warm body he was mi

her into his room, pushi

she screamed, her voice raw wi

ked, his eyes slowly focusing on her face

, pulling her into his arms and hol

into her hair, his vo

nched into fists. Was he talking

lt trapped, suffocated. She struggled to get free, but he was too stron

he window. Brendan was sitting on the edge of the

?" he asked, his voice

before came rushing back. She opened her mouth to expla

sharp. "I've already arranged for your dorm. You'll m

ppointment, as if she were something

ouldn't believe her. In his eyes, she was stil

red, her voice hollow.

ays, and she would be gon

of his room, her body fe

she ran straight into Chloie,

s she saw Jayde coming out of Br

n there?" Chloie deman

p past her, but Chloie followed her into

dark with fury. "You shameless little bitch

harp and ugly, eac

Jayde tried to explai

isted with contempt. "I'm warning you, get out of thi

glare and stormed out, slamming

r, wrapping her arms around herself. The words from Brendan and Ch

ace. She covered her mouth to stifle a sob, her body sha

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The Price of Unrequited Love

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“Eighteen days after giving up on Brendan Maynard, Jayde Rosario cut off her waist-length hair and called her father, announcing her decision to move to California and attend UC Berkeley. Her father, surprised, asked about the sudden change, reminding her how she' d always insisted on staying with Brendan. Jayde forced a laugh, revealing the painful truth: Brendan was getting married, and she, his stepsister, could no longer cling to him. That night, she tried to tell Brendan about her college acceptance, but his fiancée, Chloie Ellis, interrupted with a bubbly call, and Brendan' s tender words to Chloie twisted a knife in Jayde' s heart. She remembered how his tenderness used to be hers alone, how he had protected her, and how she had poured out her heart to him in a diary and a love letter, only for him to explode, tearing the letter and yelling, "I'm your brother!" He had stormed out, leaving her to painstakingly tape the shredded pieces back together. Her love, however, didn't die, not even when he brought Chloie home and told her to call her "sister-in-law." Now, she understood. She had to put that fire out herself. She had to dig Brendan out of her heart.”