Chapter 3

Melenia POV

When I finally got home an hour later, I walked over to my bed, and collapsed onto it, covering my face with my pillow as tears streamed down my cheeks.

It sucked that I spent four years of my life with a man, and just like that, I was thrown aside, and another woman was able to replace me in his heart. The thought of it made my heart sink and I was so angry at myself.

Memories of us, the nights and days we would spend together, laughing, kissing, bare against each other's bodies, our hearts beating fast and strong... I missed all of it so badly, and now he was with Michelle instead.

Just as I was about to fall asleep, my phone vibrated once again, causing me to let out a groan, and then reach under my pillow for it.

"My love," blinked on my screen, and I knew that it was Luke.

It annoyed me that he was calling after what he just did to me, after ruining everything. I wanted to talk to him, and hear his voice, but I was way too heartbroken to answer or to even think.

So, ignoring his call, I rolled onto my side and went to sleep as silent sobs racked my entire body.

But a few seconds later, I heard my doorbell ring, and I forced my eyes open slowly, feeling heavy to wake up.

My eyes sore and my eyelids heavy, I finally climbed out of bed and made my way out of my room.

When I got to my front door, I glanced into the peephole and saw Luke outside my door with a face cap as he stared at the ground while gripping both sides of his coat in a tight fist.

Honestly, I felt too sad and upset to see him, but I 'Torced myself to open the door and look at him.

"What do you want?" I asked, crossing my arm in front of my chest as he looked up at me with bloodshot eyes, looking almost depressed.

I could tell that he was drunk as hell by the amount of alcohol in his breath, but I also saw that he still had a tint of sadness in his brown eyes.

"Can I come in?" Luke mumbled quietly.

I frowned, looking up at him and shaking my head in disbelief, my eyebrows furrowing together angrily, "No, you can. Now, tell me what do you want?"

"A breakup..." Luke spoke, his deep voice raspy from drinking, and my anger was instantly provoked by his words, my eyes turning into slits.

"A?! What the heck, Luke?! This isn't a joke! You are seriously leaving me for her! What about us? What about all these memories that we've shared?! Don't you realize how important you have become to me!" I exclaimed loudly.

"You don't understand. I can't be with you anymore! I am sorr

"Don't say it! Don't tell me you are sorry when you know what you are doing to me... that you are hurting me this much! Four freaking years, and for what?! This!! You are literally the worst!"

My tears were flowing again as Luke stared at me in shock, blinking at me as if unsure of whether or not to speak.

He opened his mouth to say something, but closed it without uttering a sound, his eyes shifting from mine, and I swallowed hard as my bottom lip quivered, feeling completely broken.

"Okay, so we are clear that it's over between us, right?" Luke asked, looking directly into my eyes, a hint of worry hidden in the depths of his brown orbs, which were filled with guilt.

The audacity of this man was unbelievable, he had no idea how hard it was to keep my feelings in check, how I was holding back every emotion that was threatening to spill out of my soul as I stared him straight in the eye, my breathing hitching as I tried to stop myself from crying because I needed to remain strong.

"Yes. We are over Luke," I replied, staring at him sternly, and he slowly nodded, his hands releasing their grasp around his coat and falling to his sides limply, "I hope that this is what you want because once you turn your back to me, you will never get another chance again."

Luke stared at me, looking deeply into my eyes, and I could tell that he wanted to say more to me, but he couldn't, and he just nodded, turned his back to me, and quickly made his way towards his car, driving off in one swift motion, and I remained standing there in silence, watching as his car left the driveway and disappeared from my sight.

It was over between us and for the first time in my life, I didn't feel any sense of peace. Instead, I felt empty, numb, and broken.

My entire being felt dead, and everything within me wanted nothing more than to lie in my bed and just let the whole world go away.

"What now?" I whispered, shutting my front door, sniffing the air as I caught a whiff of my favorite scene of us in my head, of him tracing my hair behind my car, of us cuddling on his couch, talking about everything and anything, of the way he laughs, his smell, his touch...

My stomach churned, and I bit down on my lip so hard that I tasted blood at the thought that he cheated on me.

My stomach churned, and I bit down on my lip so hard that I tasted blood at the thought that he cheated on me.

Once I slammed the door shut, I leaned heavily against it, sliding down until I was seated on the floor, burying my face in my hands os fresh hot tears spilled down my cheeks.

"I am never falling in love again," I said as if speaking to someone who was listening to me. "Never again.”