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Episode 9

"Ella! Do I have to come drag you out myself or come serve you tea? Get out of bed this instant, these chores won't do themselves!" my stepmother yelled right in front of my door, slapping my door quite hard.

I've been awake since 6a.m, staring at my ceiling as my heart sank deeper and deeper into the empty hole that had presented itself ever since Jayson stood me up.

It had been two days now and I was yet to set my eyes on him.

I placed a hand over my beating heart with my face in a straight but sad look. This heart was just for pumping blood, yet how come it hurt so much when I thought about Jayson ?

Scientists say love is a chemical reaction that "Oxytocin" is released in the brain so why didn't it hurt there instead?

I rubbed my chest, trying to get to my heart and console me from there.

I made up my mind to keep Jayson out of my mind but it was easier to think about it than for it to register in my subconsciousness.

I just couldn't carry on like this.

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