I became jumpy after that, afraid of the dark, light, and sound. It was as though I had contracted rabies.
If Bradyn had bothered to look closer, he would've noticed the vacant look in my eyes and the way my legs trembled uncontrollably.
But he didn't. Or maybe he did, but he just didn't care.
He occasionally glanced at his phone, smiling with relaxed brows. I hadn't seen him smile like that in a long time. When we were younger, Bradyn used to smile at me like that all the time...
Our families were close, and we were childhood sweethearts. At our closest, we were inseparable, crying whenever we were apart.
Our parents would jokingly say we were bound to get married when we grew up.
I believed it too. I always saw Bradyn as my future husband, imagining the happy home we would build together.
But all of that was shattered by a woman named Kelsie Munoz.
Kelsie's arrival was like a bolt of lightning that woke me from all my dreams.
Whenever she appeared, Bradyn's gaze would follow her involuntarily.
No matter what he was doing, one phone call from her, and he would drop everything to rush to her side at any time without hesitation.
She and I couldn't be more different. I was a spoiled rich girl, while she was calm, composed, and always knew exactly what she wanted.
From the moment she became Bradyn's assistant, her eyes shone with determination, as though she was certain she would win him over.
Under her soft and considerate attacks, Bradyn gradually went from indifferent to paying attention to every detail of her life. Eventually, they became confidants, and after some alcohol, they ended up in bed together.
I yelled, screamed, and even threatened to hurt myself, but the more I acted out, the more Bradyn grew to despise me.
Right in front of Kelsie, he said he only ever saw me as a younger sister and that he didn't have the slightest romantic feeling for me. He told me to stop daydreaming.
I couldn't believe it. I held up the lucky charm he had once given me and demanded an explanation.
When I was fifteen, I caught a fever after swimming at the beach.
The fever lasted three days, and even the doctors had given up hope. My parents were on the verge of despair. Only Bradyn refused to give up, desperately searching for a way to save me.
He traveled alone to a church at a high altitude to pray and brought me back this lucky charm.