The Fiancé My Best Friend Stole
"You were my best friend. I should have asked more. I should have asked his name, his face, anything. I thought I was protecting you by not pushing. Maybe I just didn't want your grief to touch my happiness."
That was the first thing she said that felt completely true.
I didn't answer, and she kept going, crying quietly now. "I love him, Elena. I know that sounds ugly to say to you. But I do. He was broken when I found him, and I built my whole heart around keeping him alive. Then I found out he belonged to you first, and I hated myself because part of me was relieved I hadn't known. If I had known from the start, I don't know whether I would have been good enough to walk away."
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