CHAPTER THIRTY NINE - A SHOCKING REVEAL

Jayla

Romance books and movies have given us a whole other idea. Every time we have a special night with someone, every time we are going on a date, everytime a guy texts us, we expect too much.

We expect too much because we read about it in a romance book or watched it in a romance movie, that the male protagonist will always nail every moment.

We expect too much because, in our minds, we have standards that have been set too high and we have dreams that are nearly impossible to fulfil. But then, can you blame us? A girl can dream, right?

That is probably the reason that when I wake up, I expect to wake up with Tyler by my side. I expect to still be in his arms with my face on his chest. I expect to wake up to him smiling down at me with sunlight falling on his face making his greenish-gold eyes look beautiful and captivating.

But you can't always get what you expect, can you? Life isn't all rainbows and sunshine so nothing can be perfect.

When I wake up alone in the bed, with the sh