Laura suspected that Kevin was having an affair and no longer loved her, and she was even jealous that James would steal Kevin's attention and time. Her love was so twisted that it was suffocating.
In the end, this crazy woman stepped on the gas on a rainy night and left the man she loved in the cold river permanently.
From then on, James became an orphan.
This incident had a huge impact on James. For a long time, James just locked himself in the house in silence, not interacting with anyone, not willing to build new relationships with others. It wasn't until I went to high school with him that he slowly got better.
I rubbed the back of his neck soothingly, and he buried his entire body in my arms, his voice hushed.
"I obviously told them before we dated that I needed my own personal space, and that I didn't like being controlled and interfered with in my relations. If they didn't accept that, they shouldn't have agreed to it.
"We just made a pact, but they started interfering in my personal affairs after we were together. On top of that, they wanted me to cut you off!"
I stopped my hand on his shoulder.
James didn't notice my abnormality at all, and he continued to complain, "What kind of relationship are we in? You're my childhood sweetheart and my best friend. What makes them think I would cut you off for them?"
I glanced at James meaningfully as he lay in my arms and said, "You should keep your distance from me. After all..."
"Is it because we are different in gender?" James asked as he looked at my eyes, I pursed my lips and didn't answer.
He shook his head slowly. "It's not the same thing. Ellie, you're my best friend. Our relationship has surpassed gender limitations. Besides, I don't even need this suffocating love."
I thought he was babbling because there was no pure friendship between a man and a woman.
Anyway, I couldn't do it.
It was true that I didn't have the feelings of an ordinary friend for James, and I had loved him for many years.
However, I never dared to reveal my feelings to him.
I was afraid that I would be rejected after expressing my love for him, and we wouldn't even be friends anymore. I was even more afraid that he would treat me like he did to his ex-girlfriends, and that he wouldn't hesitate to blacklist me and leave me in disgust once he realized how possessive I was of him.