Secrets ⎪✓

Chapter 4

"It was about time!" 

Nick couldn't keep his smile back after he picked up Mila from the hospital. 

Mila couldn't help rolling her eyes at her stupid brother. 

After Ryan's confession, she couldn't get out of there quickly enough. 

"I'm breaking up with you, Mila."

Just thinking about that sentence, makes Mila's stomach twist and turn.  

It makes her sick to think about his reason. Of course, a small part of her is sad. She has spent almost 6, months with the guy - even though he had spent half of it in a coma. But if she is truly honest with herself, she never felt that spark with Ryan.

Not like the spark she had with Jace. 

Hell, she even had one with Peter!

Mila knew it wasn't a relationship which would last. She just thought it was nice having someone to be with, and someone to count on.

"I never liked the guy." Nick continues with a scowl on his face. 

She knew Nick never liked Ryan, but she has never asked why. So, therefore, she couldn't keep help herself when she asked, "why?" 

He didn't expect her to ask that. He didn't want to hurt her. Nick knew that Ryan had been Mila's rock ever since they moved here one year ago. Even before they got together, they were good friends.

But why stand up for a guy who just broke up with her? 

"Okay, I have a confession to make." He starts. 

Mila has never liked confessions. They always ended up hurting someone, and she got a feeling that this one is going to sting her. 

"You know that in high school Ryan was one of the popular kids. Especially with the ladies." His grip on the wheel tightens, turning his knuckles white.

"Even after you two announced that you were dating, he never turned down an opportunity to flirt." 

Mila doesn't know what to say. Yes, she knew that Ryan always had a way with girls, but she thought that it stopped when they got serious. 

Nick continues, "I once confessed him about it, although he promised me that it was a weak moment and that he would never do it again. But I kept seeing him with one girl after another." 

He takes a deep breath. "Do you remember the day I asked you what you saw in him?"

"Yeah?" Mila answers him. 

Mila remembers that day clearly. It was one of the last days of the senior year, and she was under a lot of stress with exams and all. 

She came home and was in a crappy mood when Nick asked her that question. It was a completely random question which came out of nowhere.

Since the day Mila came home and announced her new relationship, Nick had been against it. He thought he had a bad vibe around him, and that he wasn't a good guy. 

She remembers saying that Ryan kept her life steady and that she could be with him without thinking about her troubles. 

Then she snapped at him for not minding his own business and smacked the door in his head.

"That day I saw Ryan with Amanda," Nick says in a tight voice. 

Mila takes a sharp breath. Amanda is Ryan's ex-girlfriend, and you know how those crazy queens there thinks they rule the whole school.