I Refused To Be His Second Best Chapter 09

I Refused To Be His Second Best Chapter 09

Before leaving the restaurant, I went to the bathroom.

When I came out, Faye caught my wrist at the door.

“You broke up with Stellan-so you’re cutting me off too?”

“You promised me you wouldn’t like Ronan. Don’t you remember?”

“And now you’re getting close to him.”

“Have you thought about how I feel? You know I’ve had a crush on him forever.”

I was tired.

Everything I’d held in for two years finally found its way out.

“Faye, have you thought about how I feel?”

“You knew Stellan was my boyfriend.”

She paused, then frowned.

“Stellan and I are just friends. You know that.”

I pulled my hand back and stepped away.

“Fine. You like Ronan, so I turned him down and kept my distance.”

“Why can’t you do the same? You knew he was my boyfriend.”

“You knew it was my birthday. You knew how much that exchange spot meant to me.”

“And still-you let me give it up.”

She bit her lip. “Odessa, I’m sorry.”

“I only mentioned it to Stellan casually. I didn’t know he’d talk to his uncle.”

“I didn’t mean to take your spot…”

Did she really not know?

She just pretended not to.

“Yeah. You only mentioned it casually.”

“You didn’t do anything-”

I paused and looked her in the eye.

“You just never said no.”

For two years, she enjoyed coming first in everything with Stellan.

She never said anything.

Never refused. Always played innocent, pushing all the blame away.

She loved it.

And Stellan was happy to play along.

They hid behind the word FRIENDSHIP, flawless and untouchable.

I was the only one who choked on it.

She opened her mouth-but nothing came out.

I looked at her stunned face and said everything I’d been holding in.

“Why do I have to give up everything you want?”

“Everything you don’t even care about?”

“Faye, I’m done giving.”

“If you like Ronan, that’s your business.”

“Who I get close to-that’s mine.”

I used to believe she genuinely cared about me.

Now I finally saw clearly.

This three-person game? I’d already left.