Things We Never Got Over Novels & Stories

We will get past this together. Always. And we did. Over the years, things got better. I can’t say that we ever truly recovered from those years. We don’t throw parties with a lot of people. We can’t stand crowded places. We avoid any conversations about the past because there’s nothing but pain back there.

“Memory has a way of keeping the heart tethered to what matters, even when the mind forgets.” I nodded, closing my eyes. “I’ve been thinking about her so much lately. About all the things she never got to tell me. About Deric… about me… about everything. And now, this letter… it’s like the past is reminding me that even though we’ve survived, we’re not done yet.” Jaxon leaned closer, voice a low rumble. “We’ll survive. We always do.”

And even now — especially now — we still couldn’t get enough. Still edged each other until we broke apart and came back together. Still loved like the first time.

Words said that can never ever be taken back and actions that can never be undone. ‘But isn’t this what you’ve always wanted?’ a voice asks me. ‘To have him see you, pay attention to you, want you’ I can’t deny that. I always dreamed of a day when Rowan wanted me, craved me. But it’s a little too late now. I let go of those fantasies a long time ago. Those were the fantasies of a girl who was in love and craved love. The woman I am now understands that some things were just never meant to be.

Together, we drove into the unknown, leaving behind the shattered remnants of a wedding that should never have been. ®✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓THE END

He never picked up my calls. “Can you please call him, Nita?” She nodded briskly, walking away from us. I leaned against the door, and Laura followed suit. "You said you were going to be back in Spain a couple of weeks after you left. What happened?" “I thought you said we weren’t going to talk about it.” "We are not talking about the fact that we used to have sex like crazy or that I ended up falling for you," she said, laughing awkwardly. "I just want to know why you didn't come back. Was it because of me?"

I nodded slowly, trying to get my heart to accept that it had lost. We were used to winning, and now, we had to accept that we had lost the one thing that we thought we would be able to keep in our lives forever. But in that single moment, I shook my head and refused to accept that we would be over. She was mine, and if I had to force her to love me again, then I would force her to love me. "You and I will never be over. If it takes me forever to get you to look at me the same way you did before all this shit went down, then it's going to take us forever to get there and I am not going to let you go."

Even if they didn’t talk much, the atmosphere had always been comfortable. Tonight…It felt like strangers sitting across from each other. He set down his fork. “Ava.” She looked up. “I’ve been thinking about what happened last night.” Ava’s fingers tightened around her spoon. “I shouldn’t have said what I did.” She remained quiet. “When I mentioned our contract marriage…” He paused, choosing his words carefully. “I wasn’t trying to hurt you, I only meant to explain why I never talked about Amelia.” “My past with her ended long before you came into my life and I didn’t think bringing it up served any purpose.” Ava listened without interrupting.

They were so consumed by it that neither of them even noticed when the fever burned my eyesight away. I had thought, miserably, that a child nobody wanted could not even hold on to her own eyes. Therefore, when I saw Stellan lying in the snow, thrown away just like me, my heart cracked open for him on the spot. The world did not need another discarded child who could not keep what mattered most. Stellan took my hand, too spent to fight anymore. "Okay. I'm sorry. Don't say things you don't mean. "What, am I supposed to just let you wander into traffic and get yourself killed?"

To ensure that she would have absolute authority, I sold the family heirloom that Mom left me and used all the money I had to help her become the biggest shareholder. Looking back on the past, I realized that the wonderful love that I shared with Grace had just been a massive illusion. Everything that she did was just a part of her scheme. I eventually fell asleep to the sound of the rain and thunder. … Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. I had no idea what Clarence did, but Grace stopped contacting me. I held up my hand and counted down the days with my fingers. There were only three days left before I would be free.