WHY DO YOU LOVE ME.
When Reina accepted the role of maid-of-honor
for her best friend's wedding, she was thinking
of one thing; her best friend's happiness.
But in the midst of planning the best night of her friend's life, she runs into a problem...
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REINA'S POV
When I moved out of my family house, I convinced myself it was because I wanted to start a new chapter of my life. Truthfully, I wish I stuck around for a little longer, not just for myself but for the sake of my family. Liana didn't know any better, and my mom has enough trauma to never run out, I should have stayed behind a little longer and guided them the way I've always tried to do, except up close and personal. But no, I wanted to leave my house and be the adult I thought I was.
I bounced from apartment to apartment, up until I finally had enough money saved to buy my own house. I thought this house was going to be the place I settled down with my husband, had a few kids, maybe a dog or cat. But all it's been is a bachelorette pad where I watch people walk away from me with a stupid smile on my face.
I'm not the relationship type, or so I told myself. I was the girl you dated before meeting the one. A stepping stone to the rest of your life. I was the one guys dated to realize what they didn't want in a wife. That's who I've always been, and it's who I thought I always would be.
Then I met Ollie.
He wasn't easy on the eyes, he wasn't charming, he wasn't anything my typical "type" heavily relied on. He was everything I shouldn't have wanted, and I think that's why I wanted him so much. Because I wasn't the one with the undesirable traits, he was. It gave me a feeling of control like he was the one who should feel lucky I was paying him any attention rather than vice versa. I fell for him, I fell for him hard.
But I think that's where things went wrong.
Because he felt the same way I did with every relationship, which meant he was waiting for when I was going to walk away so he can send me off with a smile and a wave. But that time never came, and that was what ruined us. He had me wrapped around his finger, so tightly woven that I went to drastic measures like searching his phone to make sure I had nothing to worry about.
And god, I hated being right.
Eunice. Hundreds and hundreds of texts to Eunice. Calling her pet names he refused to call me, inviting her to meet his family he told me didn't exist, plans to dates that he declined to go on with me. It broke my heart in two to see this girl having the relationship with him that I so desperately wanted. But I'm Reina. I couldn't let him know he hurt me, I couldn't let anybody know he hurt me.
So we switched roles. I told him I knew, and I sent him off with a smile and a wave. And once again, I was left by a person I knew I loved, but could never love me back.
It's been years since that happened, and I was so far into the lie that Ollie didn't hurt me that I never got the chance to heal. All my broken pieces were spread around, waiting to be picked up by a person brave enough to take the chance of cutting themself on the sharp edges. I was so sure I'd never meet that person, and I'd have to pick myself up with already bloody hands.
