All Chapters of A Joke Proved He Never Loved Me: Chapter 11

Jared stood up and walked to the door."Heather, I didn't do those things because I actually cared that much about Paige," he pleaded. "I was just trying to make up for the regrets of my youth. It's like when a person knows their time is short, and they suddenly want to do all the things they never got around to when they were young."I looked him dead in the eye. "Here's what you don't get—while you were so busy making up for what you missed, you ended up throwing away what you actually had."He froze. Before he could speak, I pushed him out into the hallway and closed the door. He stood outside for a long time. Eventually, the faint sound of his footsteps faded down the hall. I leaned my back against the door and took a long, deep breath. The tears finally fell. I wasn't crying out of sadness, but because a profound sense of relief washed over me—I had finally let him go.My phone buzzed with a WhatsApp message from Austin."Do you want to go watch the sunrise at Seacester A