Romans & histoires The Turning Point

"Of course, if you'd rather become enemies with me and make it a fight to the death whenever we meet, that works too." Although I said it with a smile, everyone could hear the cold, deadly edge in my tone. I was no longer the same as in my previous life. I had grown. I was the top scorer in the college entrance exam, and I was a student of Brightford University. I had endured all these years just for this moment. Dad shut his mouth, looking defeated. I didn't spare them another glance as I walked out of the ward. Right before I stepped out, I heard a heavy sigh of regret from him.

One long slim hand tucked under her chin and the other lay along her side, relaxed and beautiful in its unconscious pose. In those minutes of observation, Joey knew that he loved this girl. That he wanted this woman to be his. It was so sudden and unexpected as the sound of the first shell burst at the start of an attack. All his life he had waited for this moment, and now the realization that it had come at last gave him the same sense of shock as one receives when one expects a loud report, and because of the anticipation is more startled at the explosion.

"Were you?" Mr. Dallas continued, "Julia?" "Alex? " Julia laid the pressure on me. What was Julia's deal and why did she seem so immersed in a battle that wasn't hers in the first place? "Hmm, " Mr. Dallas adjusted for comfort, "There's something we call 'The Last Card', in cases like this, where the situation seems unclear, we refrain from any form of action until our 'suspect' here isn't proven otherwise. Then we can take action. We can flip the last card. "

Now that I thought about it, I found it hilariously ironic. Oscar averted his eyes and hung his head, and he saw the pitiful and accusing look in my eyes. So, Oscar was a person who avoided taking responsibility for his words and refused to be held accountable for anything. I had been blind this whole time, falling in love with a person who didn't deserve to be loved. Seeing that I still refused to budge, Evie grabbed Oscar's arm and glared at him to say something. It was only then that Oscar spoke. "Aurora. Give up the Moon Diamond."

He set his cup down on the table with a heavy thud. “Whitney, do you really want to leave me? Don’t forget, seven years ago, you were the one who climbed into my bed.” My chest tightened with a dull pain. I stared at him in disbelief. That was when I finally understood everything. “Hah! So that’s how you’ve always seen it. No wonder your attitude changed the morning after. I thought you just stopped caring once you got what you wanted. Turns out, you never saw it any other way.”