Mack Brown, a successful psychologist, moved to Chicago after her first heartbreak. After meeting a lawyer, Zander Carmichael, she believes she's starting to warm up to commitment again, that is until she bumps into her first love 6 years later. Sec...
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I sit there on the sofa, staring out my window's trying to comprehend last night. He said it. He actually said it. He said 'I love you.' Sapphire walks to me with two cups of tea in her hands. She hands me one before sitting in front of me and covering herself with the blanket. "So explain to me what happened properly last night."
I take a sip of my tea and begin explaining. "We were dancing and then the countdown began. Once the clock hit 12, we kissed. I said 'Happy New Year', he replied 'I love you." She looks at me with a weird look before saying "and then tell me what you did."
"Then I said I had to go to the bathroom and sneaked out of my own party."
She begins laughing loudly, almost making tea come out of her nose. "I'm sorry, it gets funnier every time you tell me." She places the teacup on the table before I throw a pillow at her. "It's not funny, Saph. I freaked out."
"You know what's funnier?" she questions
"What?"
"The way he came up to me and Eric asking where you were."
I groan throwing my hands over my face while she laughs hard, holding her stomach. I lay my head back trying to wrap my head around everything. "Why did you freak out?"
I lift my head up and look at her. "Honestly?"
"Honestly," she replies
"I don't believe him," I tell her
She looks at me and her face is covered with concern. "What?" she questions
"I don't believe him, he's said it before and he didn't mean it." I look down remembering when he left me standing by the treehouse and driving off, leaving me alone. My heart physically aches when I think of that day.
Sapphire scoots closer to me and wraps her hands around mine, stopping me from fidgeting with my fingers. "You know damn well he did, but he chose his career. We're older now and I think deep down a part of you believes he did the sensible thing."
I hate it when she's right. Somehow, she always knows my emotions better than I do. How is that possible? I'm a psychologist, for god's sake. "He's hurt me before Saph."
"I know. But the reality is, you need to be hurt and alone, to allow yourself to grow, Mack," she commented
"Saph, after he left, I became the worst version of myself. I spiraled. I lost myself because of the person who made me whole." I remind her
"And because of that, you now don't need a man to be content with yourself. You don't need to depend on someone to allow yourself to be complete. Yes, you spiraled and don't get me wrong, the worst but funniest years of your life." she says, making us both laugh. " but your spiral allowed you to blossom into the amazing and successful person you are. If Hunter stayed, I guarantee you, in fact I know, you would have not had your own psychology consultancy plastered all over with your surname in it."
