Todos los capítulos de Walking Away on Our Tenth Anniversary: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 8

The two exchanged a glance.Then, two smiles broke out on their faces, and their eyes curled in amusement.Finally, they let out a sigh of relief. Malcolm wrapped his arm around my shoulder and shook his head. "Don't be silly, Elliot. You always pull the same stunt when you crave attention. Here you go again."Salome nodded in agreement.I clenched my fists, pressing my lips into a taut line as fury took over me. Little did they know, I was never kidding. It was just that they had never taken my words seriously.I caved in every single time only because I couldn't afford to lose them. However, they took it for granted and continued to mock me.Finally, I turned around and walked away in the opposite direction.…Behind me, Malcolm had the guts to bet on my anger."How long will it take him to crawl back to us this time?"She giggled. "Not longer than three days. He can never hold grudges against us for too long."I stumbled into the darker street ahead toward the pickup lo

Soaking in the rain the day before resulted in an unexpectedly high fever.I lay on the bed and held up the thermometer to check it.My body temperature had reached 103°F, and my head was spinning.…Before I could order a ride to the hospital, I heard a noise in the living room.I rushed out of the bedroom and was met with Salome's reddened eyes. She was glaring at me while holding Malcolm's hand.She slammed her phone on the coffee table with a loud thud and faced me with a darkened expression. "Look at what you've done, Elliot."She stopped closer to me and confronted me.I stared at her blankly. My mind was still processing her accusation when her malicious words reached my ears."Yesterday was an exception. Just because we left you to hail a ride on your own, you let jealousy blind your reason? Can't you just admit that Malcolm is better than you? Do you have to ruin his future?"The weight of her words crushed me.I snapped out of my stupor and found a post written fro

Salome was momentarily at a loss for words.She unlocked her phone and found a new trending topic on social media.The wave caused by her relationship announcement hadn't even calmed, yet an unexpected plot twist had already taken over the internet.Elliot shared evidence of their decade-long love relationship online—photos of their holding hands, her affectionate audio message, and their love tokens, which were inscribed with their names.Every single piece of evidence overthrew her lies.Their mutual friends, mostly their high school classmates, shared Elliot's post."Back in high school, I always saw them holding hands. They have been together for ten years. I have no idea how the real boyfriend turned into a secret lover."Someone in the private room played the audio attached to the post.It sounded as though it had been exported from surveillance footage, but she wouldn't mistake Malcolm's voice for someone else's.When she heard Malcolm asking Elliot to do him one last f

Salome began to visit the shop frequently.On the first day, I threw the pot of orchids she brought into the bin without hesitation.On the second day, she waited outside the flower shop until closing time.On the third day, she showed me the sets of spare keys she somehow managed to retrieve."Elliot, I bought the apartment. You can move back whenever you want…"I simply walked away from her without stopping.…On the sixth day, I spotted two familiar faces by the roadside.Malcolm had returned to our hometown as well. He was having a fight with Salome.He usually cared about his appearance, but on that day, I found a disheveled man before me. His hair was messily draped over his face."Get away from me, you psychopath… If I'm mad, it's your fault for driving me mad back then!"I recoiled from disgust. I turned on my heel to take a detour, but someone called out, "Elliot."I turned to look at the speaker.It was Malcolm. His calm eyes were brimming with fathomless sorro