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A Misguided Love

A Misguided Love

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At a gathering with friends, my boyfriend, Donovan McPherson, suggested we play a game of “I Have, Have You?” The winner would get to make one request of him. Everyone there knew I had been trying to get him to make me, Celeste Campbell, Mrs. McPherson for five years, and for as long he had not obliged. Now they all assumed he was giving me a chance. So, tacitly aligned, everyone held back to let me win. But his childhood sweetheart, Lily Kensington, would not relent. “Donovan watched the first snowfall with me. “He gave me a scarf he knitted with his own hands. “The tattoo on his wrist is my initials. “His passenger seat is permanently adjusted to fit my height.” After those four, I had only one finger up. Yet she was not done. Tilting her head, she flashed a smirk at me. “Donovan only started this game to make me happy.” My heart dropped, while my eyes darted instinctively to Donovan. He wore a doting smile, choosing to side with her, just as he had every single time over the past five years. I slowly dropped my finger down. “I lost.” In that split second, something dawned on me. There was nothing left in this relationship worth holding onto.

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Chapter 1

I had been with Donovan for five years.

During which, I asked him to marry me five years.

Five times.

Every single time, he turned me down with the same excuse: “The time isn’t right.”

So this time, when Donovan suggested the game, everyone assumed the implication.

This was him giving me a chance to propose.

I too believed that.

Confidence on my side, I raised five fingers and led with a lethal strike right out of the gate.

“Donovan came with me to try on wedding dresses.”

The moment the words left my mouth, the room burst into laughter.

“As expected from a couple together for five years—straight for the kill!”

“It’s over, it’s over. None of us stands a chance. Put your fingers down, don’t even bother.”

“Donovan, you’ve a proposal coming your way.”

Everyone teased and laughed, tacitly folding down one finger after another.

Flustered, my face flushed red. Just as I opened my mouth ready to continue, Donovan’s childhood sweetheart, Lily, suddenly arched an eyebrow at me.

“Wait a minute!”

She waved all five of her still-upright fingers, her smile sweet, yet brimming with blatant triumph.

“Donovan did that with me, too.”

The smile froze on my face.

The raucous teasing in the room quieted down in an instant.

Yet Lily acted completely oblivious to the shifting atmosphere. She stared at me, making no effort to hide the malice in her eyes.

“It’s my turn now.”

Her lips curved upwards as she spoke at an unhurried pace.

“Donovan watched the first snowfall with me.

“He gave me a scarf he knitted with his own hands.

“The tattoo on his wrist is my initials.

“His passenger seat is permanently adjusted to fit my height.”

Just then she paused deliberately, her smile growing even sweeter.

“Last but not least…

“He only started this game to make me happy.”

She tilted her head, locking eyes with me.

“Have you done any of those?”

Her words hit like a succession of slaps, striking hard across my face.

My expression turned rigid.

In our five years together, Donovan had never watched the first snowfall with me.

He had never given me a hand-knitted scarf.

He certainly had never tattooed my name onto his wrist.

The passenger seat in his car was always kept at its default position.

I was taller than Lily, and every time I sat there, I felt cramped—unable to stretch my legs or sit upright.

Yet in five years, he had never adjusted it to fit me even once.

Clenching my fingers, I looked at Donovan, who sat there in complete silence. My voice sounded dry and hollow:

“Is everything she said true?”

Donovan didn’t look at me. A curve lifted at the corner of his lips.

“Yes.”

A one-word reply.

So casual too.

Yet I felt as if a bucket of ice water just got dumped over my head.

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Chapter 1
I had been with Donovan for five years.During which, I asked him to marry me five years.Five times.Every single time, he turned me down with the same excuse: “The time isn’t right.”So this time, when Donovan suggested the game, everyone assumed the implication.This was him giving me a chance to propose.I too believed that.Confidence on my side, I raised five fingers and led with a lethal strike right out of the gate.“Donovan came with me to try on wedding dresses.”The moment the words left my mouth, the room burst into laughter.“As expected from a couple together for five years—straight for the kill!”“It’s over, it’s over. None of us stands a chance. Put your fingers down, don’t even bother.”“Donovan, you’ve a proposal coming your way.”Everyone teased and laughed, tacitly folding down one finger after another.Flustered, my face flushed red. Just as I opened my mouth ready to continue, Donovan’s childhood sweetheart, Lily, suddenly arched an eyebrow at me.“Wait a minute!”
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Chapter 2
In that precise second, my heart turned cold.As my final finger folded down, a sinister silence descended upon the room.All eyes landed on me, waiting to see how I would react.I merely offered a faint smile, picked up my glass with quiet resignation, and drained it in a single gulp.“I lost.”Unable to watch any longer, a friend jumped in to trying to fix things.“Come on Lily, today is about Donovan and Celeste. This round doesn’t count. Let’s play again.”“Yeah, let’s do another round.”Lily arched an eyebrow at the friend, her voice wrapped in innocence.“Why shouldn’t it count?”She turned, clutching Donovan’s arm and cooing playfully.“Donovan, tell them—didn’t I win?”Donovan fondly pinched her nose.“Fine, you won.“The game was only played to make you happy anyway.“Tell me, what request do you want?”Lily directed a provocative glance at me.“Don’t go home tonight. Watch sunrise with me.”My hand holding the glass froze.Tonight was our fifth anniversary.He had promised th
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Chapter 3
“Yup, they just left.”“What about Celeste? They’ve been together five years. I heard he was gonna introduce her to his parents next week.”A tight pang gripped my heart.Donovan had indeed brought this up a few days ago.He had planned to bring me home soon to discuss our engagement.That was precisely why I had been so confident, believing tonight’s game was the opportunity he was handing me.Yet reality proved otherwise.It was all wishful thinking on my part.My mouth twitched into a self-deprecating smile.Lily updated her Twitter just then.“Huge thanks to a certain someone for accompanying me up the mountain in the middle of the night to watch the sunrise. Another item added to my ‘I Have, Have You’ checklist.”I knew she had posted it specifically for my viewing pleasure.Since Donovan and I officially got together, this scenario had played out far too many times.The only difference was that before tonight, it would bother me to no end.Tonight though, I just could not care le
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Chapter 4
“That’s a no!”“Deal.”Donovan froze, turning his head to look at me in surprise.Looking ahead without flinching, I nodded at Lily:“It’s a deal.”Donovan’s expression turned icy.Lily let out a sound that was practically a squeal of joy:“A deal’s a deal!”I raised five fingers, fixing my gaze on her.“I’ll start.“I lived in a basement apartment with Donovan.”Five years ago, when Donovan first started his business, his partner scammed him out of all his money.Fiercely proud, he refused to ask his family for money, leaving him only able to afford a basement room in an old, dilapidated building.In the summer, rainwater flooded in, and mosquitoes swarmed the place.In the winter, when temperatures dropped below freezing, the thin blanket didn’t help much.In such conditions, I stayed by his side for two years.Lily unwillingly folded down one finger.I continued:“I sold my mother’s heirloom jewelry to raise capital for Donovan.”During those same two years, Donovan’s company was he
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Chapter 5
“Break up?”Silence fell over the room.After a few seconds, someone forced an awkward laugh, attempting to salvage the occasion.“Come on Celeste, stop fooling around.”“Yeah, we know you’re mad, but don’t say that.”“Donovan, what are you waiting for man? It’s sweet talk time!”Lily rolled her eyes.“Aren’t you being a bit much?“It was just a game. Breaking up over a loss—don’t you think you’re being a drama queen?”I looked at her and suddenly let out a small laugh.In the past, hearing words like that would have made me feel aggrieved, furious, and desperate to prove to Donovan that I wasn’t that kind of girlfriend.Now, however, I couldn’t be bothered to explain myself.Donovan stood up, his chair scraping against the floor with a harsh, grating sound.He walked toward me, taking slow steps.His eyes were bloodshot.“Take back what you just said.”His voice was pressed low, as though he was holding something back.“I can pretend you never said it.”I lifted my head to look at him
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Chapter 6
Lily suddenly shrieked, her voice shrill:“Drop the act!“You love Donovan so much—so much that you were willing to sell your mother’s heirloom piece, so much you weren’t ashamed of proposing five times.“You’re so not breaking up with him!”She let out a malicious laugh.“This is all just an act.“Once Donovan says a few sweet words to coax you, won’t you come crawling right back?”I cast a glance at her.“You’re right.”Lily froze, caught off guard.I said calmly:“The old me certainly would have.“That’s precisely why I felt so pathetic.”I picked up my bag and turned to walk out.Donovan lunged forward, grabbing my wrist firmly.“Don’t leave.”His palm was burning hot.Yet to me, it felt just like a stranger’s hand.“Let go.”He refused to loosen his grip.“Celeste, let’s talk.”“There’s nothing left to talk about.”I looked down at the hand clamping my wrist.“Don’t make me strip away your last shred of dignity.”A tremor passed through the depths of his eyes.In that split second
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Chapter 7
Before boarding, I got the first call from Donovan since our breakup.I didn’t pick up.Neither did I pick up the second, third, or fourth call.I turned off my phone entirely.As the plane pierced through misty clouds, sunlight streamed in through the window.Looking at the city shrinking farther and farther beneath, I suddenly felt a wave of relief.It turned out that leaving someone wouldn’t kill you.You could still breathe.Dawn would still break.Meanwhile, Donovan was still at the club drinking himself into a stupor.Maya told me all of this later.After I left, he sat in his place, downing glass after glass of liquor.A friend tried to stop him:“Donovan, stop drinking.“Go find Celeste tomorrow and give her a proper apology.“She seems truly heartbroken this time.”Lily sneered from the side.“Truly heartbroken?“Isn’t she always like this?“Just watch—within three days, she’ll definitely come crawling back on her own.”Finally, someone couldn’t take it anymore.“Lily, can you
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Chapter 8
“Donovan, what do you mean by that?”“Where are you going?“Celeste is gone now. We can finally be together out in the open!”A slap landed on her cheek.The crisp sound echoed through the room.Lily clutched her cheek, staring at him in utter disbelief.“You hit me?”Donovan’s eyes were brimming with pure disgust.“You make me sick.”Lily shrieked:“I make you sick?“Do you dare say you have no feelings for me?“If you really only have eyes for Celeste, why did you choose me over her time and time again?“Why did you go with me to watch the sunrise?“Why did you never try to stop me provoking her?“Why didn’t you deny it when I said the tattoo on your wrist was my initials?“You went along enjoying it the whole time!”A dead silence fell over the room.Donovan felt as though he had been dealt a harder slap.Not from Lily, but from himself.Because he couldn’t refute a single word of hers.He truly had enjoyed it once.Two women fighting over him.Me rendered insecure and fearful of lo
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Chapter 9
The homestay I rented was tucked away at the end of a quiet lane.The owner was named Bryan Radcliffe.He was twenty-eight, with a subtle snaggletooth that showed whenever he smiled.As he checked me in and noticed I only brought a single suitcase, he asked, “Traveling alone?”I nodded.He didn’t pry any further, simply handing me a hand-drawn map.“There aren’t many tourists around this area.“Late afternoon is the best time to go down to the beach.“If you’re craving something light, the local roast chicken spot three doors down to the left is quite good.”I paused, caught off guard. “How did you know I wanted something light?”He gave a soft laugh. “You creased your brow for a second when you glanced at the seafood brochure on the front desk.”I smiled too.It had been a long time since anyone had observed my preferences with such care.For the next two weeks, my days moved at a gentle, unhurried pace.I slept in until I woke up naturally every morning.At noon, I grabbed a light bi
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Chapter 10
“I’ve moved out and deleted your contact.“I didn’t take anything of yours, and I won’t be coming back for any of mine.“As for the money I gave you, my lawyer will be in touch.”Donovan’s face turned pale as a sheet.“Celeste, do you really have do this?”“Yes.”I looked him straight in the eyes.“The money wasn’t charity—it was the price of my mother’s heirloom.“I sold it off for your sake.“Now I’m taking back what belongs to me.”His lips too were pale.“I’ll give it to you.“I’ll pay you back tenfold!“Just come back to me.”I shook my head.“Donovan, you still don’t get it.“I didn’t leave you for the money.“I want it back to remind myself that everything I gave you had value.“You can’t make up for it with a sorry.”Donovan suddenly released his grip on the suitcase.Then, amidst the bustling crowd at the airport, he dropped to his knees.Passersby instantly turned to stare.Some pulled out their phones to record.He looked up at me, tears streaming down his face.“Celeste, pl
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