| Prologue |
"How could you do this to me?!" She yelled out as her bloodshot eyes swelled up in tears. "I trusted you!"
I was so saddened and disappointed in myself to do this to her. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry?" Her brittle tone grew stronger. "You think 'sorry' is going to fix all of this? You think saying 'sorry' is going to fix our relationship? You think saying 'sorry' is going to change everything you did?"
"I want to be with you, Jamie. I absolutely love you and I didn't intend it to be that way. It just happened."
"Yeah, it just randomly happened!" Jamie shook her head in disbelief. "If you wanted to be with me then you wouldn't be doing this!"
She squinted her eyes as tears rapidly streamed down her rosy cheeks. "Baby, I trusted you." Her voice cracked and fell into a saddened whisper.
I reached over and said, "Jamie, I love you. I honestly love-"
"Save it!" She cried out. "I don't want hear anything from you. I can't even look at you right now. I feel so disgusted that you could do something like that, Rachael. Only God knows how much hours I work to make us get by in here and you're just going to get all frisky with some guy? And you're going to have the nerve to cry in front of me saying thatyou love me?"
"Jamie." My lips quivered. "I don't know what to say to that."
"Of course you don't." She murmured under her breath and turned back away from me, embarrassed and ashamed to even look at me. "I suggest you saying nothing at all."
"But." I continued. "I have more to tell you."
Jamie slowly turned her head and looked at me with suspicion. "What? There's more?"
I didn't want to tell her, but it was killing me inside. She needed to know this.....
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The Hardest Truth From You | Book One ✔️
Teen FictionRachael is left pining for her fiance, Jamie, after she leaves for her class trip to Paris. While second guessing Jamie's return, she comes across her friend Nick, who provides her with comfort and solace. Temptation slithers its way in and soon Rac...