He Loved My Fake Self Chapter 14

He Loved My Fake Self Chapter 14

The night Peyton blocked me, I hadn’t been able to sleep.

I read through our entire year of messages. Every single one.

Cried myself unconscious.

Woke up to someone shouting he was downstairs. Looking for me.

After that, our chat stayed dead. I never got a new message from him, and I never bothered to delete the

thread.

I never thought this was how he’d find out.

“Clover!” Kyle stepped in, looking sharper than I’d ever seen him. Fitted dress shirt. Broad shoulders. Trim waist. “I went to the bathroom for two seconds and completely missed you.”

He didn’t catch the tension crackling in the air.

He moved toward me, nervous. “I was supposed to walk you in. Sorry. Now the surprise is kind of… ruined?

What do I do?”

He shot Peyton a desperate look. “Should I redo the surprise?”

Peyton was still staring at my phone.

His face was ashen. The veins in his forearm bulged.

When he finally spoke, it came out through gritted teeth. “Kyle, I think there’s been a mistake. You shouldn’t-

Pop. Pop.

Party poppers cut him off.

Students flooded in, laughing, pushing me and Kyle into the center of the room, shooting Kyle meaningful

glances.

Kyle took the hint.

He dropped to one knee.

“Clover. I’ve never done this before. I don’t know how to treat someone right, so I asked around.

“Peyton said inviting a lot of people would show sincerity. He helped me set all this up.

“But the internet said being genuine is what actually matters.

“So… I hand-knitted a blanket. I made you all this stuff out of Perler beads-keychains, phone cases. Did it all

myself.

“I wanted you to see them and think of me

He shot Peyton a look, jerking his chin toward the gift boxes.

Peyton didn’t move.

Just stared at him. Dark. Silent

Jolene tugged at Peyton’s sleeve. He didn’t react.

Nobody noticed. Everyone was already following the script.

“Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!”

Not a single person saw Peyton’s face go darker.

Because under all those eyes, I reached back and took Kyle’s hand.

“Hey, boyfriend.”