Chapter 1

'My name is Lily Preston, and the day before Valentine's Day is my wedding anniversary.'Like clockwork, Caleb Spencer's message came in right at midnight. It always did.This year, it was a payment confirmation.Seven figures. He bought my senior thesis project… and gave it to another woman.Blood dripped from my nose onto the phone screen, blooming slowly. I turned off the screen, grabbed a tissue to stop the bleeding, and resumed cleaning the apartment.[Got nothing to say?]His messages kept coming. Clearly, he wasn't ready to let this go.I sighed and typed back, [Don't get anyone pregnant.]Seconds after I hit send, the phone rang.His low laugh came through the receiver, cold and mocking. It was as if I were the one who cheated."Lily, you've got thirty minutes. Bring a box of condoms to Room 8301 at Capitol Tower."My nails dug into my palm. I bit down hard on my lip until I tasted blood."Why me?"He scoffed. "Didn't you just say not to get anyone pregnant? Be a g

Chapter 2

I let out a small laugh. After holding everything in for so long, a rare hint of genuine joy crept onto my face."I'm not doing anything but letting you come after me over and over. When will you get what you want? Now that I'm helping you out, you should be thanking me. Go ahead and cry to Caleb. Just don't act all clingy and helpless. He prefers girls who are lively and fun."Kayla trembled from the pain, her whole body convulsing as she got to her feet and pointed at me. "Lily Preston, just you wait!"After she left, I didn't even have the strength to make it home. I collapsed hard in the studio's main room, blood dripping from my nose and mouth.So when Caleb stormed in, I hadn't even cleaned myself up yet.He froze, clearly shocked."What happened to you?"The anger in his eyes softened for a moment, like he actually cared.I shrugged off his hand and let out a bitter laugh."It's just the heat and stress getting to me. Your woman stirred me up, so I'm a little out of sor

All Chapters of Never Meant to Be: Chapter 1 - Chapter 2

Chapter 1

Chapter 2