Five Years Together… And He Gave the Ring to My Old Bully Chapter 14

Five Years Together… And He Gave the Ring to My Old Bully Chapter 14

Back then, Alex really had shown up at the scene right after it happened.

And now, his expression told me everything I needed to know.

My mother’s eyes turned red. She rushed forward and slapped him over and over.

“You bastard! You’re not even human!”

“What did Clara ever do to you that you had to torment her like this?!”

“You bastard—why don’t you just go die!”

The noise finally drew Mrs. Thorne outside.

When she came out, Alex was already collapsed at my mother’s feet, apologizing over and over.

My mother was shaking. With a trembling hand, she landed one final slap.

“If you weren’t Lily’s son, I swear I’d beat you up!”

Then she turned toward Mrs. Thorne and shouted, “From now on, our two families will have nothing to do with each other ever again!”

She grabbed my hand and led me inside.

“We watched him grow up. I still can’t believe he did something like this!”

When I first told her about his betrayal, she hadn’t wanted to believe me.

Alex had always followed me around since we were little, treating me so well.

It wasn’t until I showed her the videos involving Grant and Savannah that reality finally settled in.

After calming my mother down, I asked Grant to step onto the balcony with me.

I’d noticed that several times in the living room he seemed to want to say something but held back.

He looked at me and asked, “Do you blame me for never telling you?”

“I only found out later that you were the girl in that alley.”

“Later, I went to the security office and checked the footage. Alex had been standing in the dark.”

He paused. “You two grew up together. Back then, to you, I was just some stranger from school.”

I smiled. “I don’t blame you.”

“Honestly, even if you’d told me back then, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.”

“After all the anger and resentment, I realized the person I hate most is myself—for not seeing Alex’s true colors sooner.”

That afternoon, Mrs. Thorne came over with gifts and an apology.

Two women who had been best friends for most of their lives were torn apart by the mistakes of their children.

My mother couldn’t bear the thought of seeing Alex every day after this.

Before long, she and my father decided to move.

The Thornes didn’t have the nerve to show up at our new home and stir up more trouble.

On the eve of my departure overseas, Megan forwarded me a post from Caldwell University’s academic affairs office.

Alex had skipped another month of classes while on disciplinary probation—he hadn’t even shown up for his final exams.

The university expelled him.

He lost his place at Caldwell. He lost the future he had always been so proud of.

And me—I was sitting at the airport, waiting to board my flight abroad.

Ready to start a new chapter of my life.