Chapter 21: The Truth

Chapter 21: The Truth

Alena Fleur

I blanked out for a long moment before I realized I had to say something.

But my voice wouldn't come out like there was a big lump stuck in my throat, and my eyes were stinging like if I looked at Elian once more I would cry.

Speak, Alena! Or move! Do something, at least! Don’t be pathetic!

I force myself up from the chair and turn around, managed to say, "Yes, um, I, uh, I get it. I'm sorry."

"Alena," Elian murmured, his voice giving away that he had something more to say. But I didn’t want to listen right and made my way straight for the main door.

I wasn’t in the best mood to stay in a room that used to belong to the person who just rejected me or stay under the same roof as him at the moment. I decided to let my feet guide me somewhere far away from him.

Once I stepped outside the apartment complex, my tears started falling freely.

I knew that Elian had every right to reject me, especially when he didn't return my feelings, but it still hurt. And