VOICEMAIL || Noah Centineo AU (2nd Book)

T W E N T Y - N I N E

Valerie

“Where is he!? You fucking bitch!!!” Tara exclaimed as I hugged Chad tightly trying to use him as protection in case Tara tried to attack me.

“T-T-Tara I have no idea, he was here and I was at the aisle waiting with everyone else and he just left!” I try to reason but the girl is enraged. I would be too if my fiancé left me like that but she should be mad at him, not me

“He left because of you!!! This is all your fault Valerie” she accused and I sighed shaking my head

“T, I had nothing to do with this I swear I had no idea” I try again and now there's a crowd of people around us, most of them looking at Tara with pity and looking at me with hatred.

“you don't think I noticed the looks yo two shared? You have been trying to steal him from me this whole time! That's why you've tried so hard to be my friend” she says angrier and steps closer to me to attach me but Chad puts his hand between the two of us, I snap at her comment

“me? I tried pushing you away and you always tried to be my friend! You asked me to be your fucking bridesmaid and I didn't even wanted to! “ I groaned rolling my eyes

“I was trying to be nice! And you fucking made my fiancé run away!” she screamed back and I shook my head

“he ran away because he didn't want to marry you! Because you are fake and you are always pretending you live in a perfect world when you know you don't!” I replied and I can't believe I've said that “you want people to envy you and you never show how insecure you really are, but guess what? Noah does see it” she gasps and then looks at me angered

“you had to come back into his life and act like the little sad girl you always act, and make him feel bad about leaving you so he'd leave me to be with you”

I laughed at her comment, now she was just trying to be hurtful to not lose this stupid discussion

“stop trying to find someone to blame and start looking at the way you are to see why he's gone” I say and pull on Chad's arm so we could leave.

People around us are whispering to each other and I glare when they say something about me, I want to cry and I want to stay home For the rest of my life but I can't break in front of everyone. Chad knows I'm hiding my feelings and he just holds my hand tighter as we walk to his car.

“there goes my only friend in New York” I say when I plop down on the passenger seat in Chad's car, he sighed and then we start driving away from that nightmare.

Once we are away and getting to the city, Chad clears his throat and sighs

“I don't blame you Valerie but you know he did this for you… Right?” he says carefully not trying to set me off, and I roll my eyes

“or.. You know maybe because Tara is super annoying and is always trying to make everything perfect” I snap full of pettiness and Chad sighs and then goes quiet and keeps driving.

I few angry tears roll down my cheeks as I look outside the window. Noah should have called it off before if that's what he really wanted, he left without warning me Or anybody.

I frown as I remember my phone is in Chad's jacket and maybe Noah did try to contact me.

I want to ask for my phone but Chad has his jacket on and I decide to just wait instead.

Once we reach my place, we get out of the car and Walk inside, I sit down on the couch and look at Chad

“I can't believe he did it” I say shaking my head in disbelief

“he didn't tell me anything.. What kind of best friend doesn't notice his friend will run away from his wedding” he sighs and rests his head on the back of the couch closing his eyes

“all that money wasted, this is crazy” I rest my head in Chad's shoulder and he wraps his arm around me.

“he doesn't care about the money” he sighed and looked up at the ceiling. Then he used his free hand and took his phone out of the jacket

“he called you twice before running away” he said giving me my phone back and I gasp taking it in my arms. I bit my lip and see there's a voice message but I'm scared to hear it, and I don't want to do it while Chad is still here.

“he's still in love with you, I can't believe I didn't see it, the fucker knows how to hide it well” he chucked bitterly and then sighs heavily

“Chad…”  i don't even know what to say, we just got back together and this happened, now with Noah being single I was not sure things were going to be.

“it sucks, you know? I thought this only happened in the movies” he says shaking his head still looking to the ceiling

“what does?” I don't understand very well and he sighs and looks down at me With a sad smile

“two best friends… In Love with the same girl” my eyes widen and I look at him biting my lip. He does love me, and all this time I was so busy being in love with Noah that I didn't really commit to my relationship with him

“the thing is… I know I don't stand a chance… And I didn't know it was going to hurt so much” he says softly again and I sigh cuddling into him. He was right though… I am always going to choose Noah, over anyone, but it hurts to know I'm hurting someone along the way.

“Chad… You are amazing” I say softly ad he chucked shaking his head

“not as amazing as he is” he lets his head rest on the couch again and i but my lip again hesitating about what to say next.

“don't feel bad about me, V… I’m not mad, I know you a have a past with Noah and I know how intense your relationship was before, it'd be stupid to think you'd ever chose me over him” he says sad and I sigh

“I'm sorry… “ is all I manage to say and he shrugs

“someday I'll find a girl that makes me feel the way that you do and if I'm lucky enough she'd feel the same about me… “ his words break my heart but I can't bring myself to say something else I just nod and rest my head in his shoulder as we stay in silence for awhile.

After a few minutes like this he pulls away and sweetly kisses my cheek. I look at him with a frown and he smiles

“aren't you going to stay over?” I say still frowning, I don't want to be alone

“no, darling… It's best if I don't” he strokes my hair softly and I sigh “you have plenty of things to figure out, and I think it's better if you do it alone” he says still smiling softly and I sigh looking down and nodding, he was right. I needed to figure many things out.

“thank you…” I say when he stands up and he looks at me confused “for standing up for me with Tara… and just for being with me tonight “ I continue and he nods with a small smile.

“anytime, V, have a good night sweety.. “ he winks softly and then walks away from the couch and to the door. I'm sitting there frowning and I look at the ceiling trying to figure out what to do

I take the phone in my hands and look at the 2 missed calls from Noah. I hesitate before pressing the voicemail notification and bringing the phone to my ear.

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A/N: heeey how's the weekend going? I'm glad I got to write these 3 chapters this weekend and that I was finally able to write the wedding stuff.

It might not have been as good as I planned to be, but this book had made me Improve my writing so much that I'm so excited about the next books I'll be writting.

Thanks for voting and commenting, you guys are the best ❤️ see you next weekend

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