11

"I can't believe you accepted the invitation." I groaned out annoyed as I snatch the red envelope out of her hands. "I promised myself I would keep my distance from him."

"Why would you make such a promise to yourself?" Angelica asked quietly as she fiddled with my bedsheets. "You're hurting yourself."

"If I could live without him for five years, I can do it for the rest of my life," I told her confidently.

"No, you can't. Because if you could you would have already been engaged to Thomas Griffen." She stated in a matter-of-fact tone.

Thomas Griffen was a friend of mine in my last year of college. We always hung out and studied together.

Everyone labeled us as the 'power couple.'

Most people even went as far as saying that we had this chemistry between us that was so hard to find nowadays.

He had asked me to become his official girlfriend on graduation day.

Any girl would have said yes to that.

He would make the perfect boyfriend, fiancee, and husband. He was a smart guy with good man