PROLOGUE

{Jailynn's POV}

In a blink of an eye, all the courage that I've gathered from the very beginning, it was all crushed by his words.

I got myself prepared for this but I'm not expecting it to be like this. I confessing, because of what I heard yesterday, I wanted to make sure if that's what he feels.

If I said that I'm giving up on him I thought that he'd really show his feelings towards me but it was just a second of blindness.

“You are the worst!” I shouted angrily.

Tears were streaming down onto my cheeks. I kept wiping my tears but it seems so endless like a faucet that was left turned on.

“If you love me, you should probably know that I don't do sweet things like that.” He said mischievously with a smirk on the corner right of his lips.

Maybe He's right. What if I really don't love him and I was just so childish back then to fall for him like that?

What if I didn't really liked him in the beginning?

Would things still turn like this?

My heartbeat was slow and I was gasping because of crying too much.

This moment, every second in between the breath I take, my heart aches. It felt like a thousands of needles were piercing right through it.

“D-do you really o—nly see Me just like what you've sa—id?" I asked while sobbing.

I should haven't asked. I'm afraid of hearing more hurtful words from him. My heart was aching and these tears are because of him!

I'm crying because of this jerk!

But I... I wanted to hear his reply.

“Come on! You really are stupid! Thinking that I would like someone who's dumb as you? My standards are way too high for you to reach.” He mockingly laugh.

With those sentences he spilled, I then realized that I really am stupid for falling to a person like him.

I took three steps back away from him while my hand is placed near my chest. My heartbeat suddenly change, it was rapidly beating.

“What are you doing? Another child play of yours?” I looked at him with teary eyes but all I could see was him being an arrogant and jerky guy.

I silently took one more step away from him.

“If you take one more step...” He paused and gasped.

I was nervous at the moment. What now?

“Then, you're really giving up on me...” My ears were blocked at that moment and what he had said kept echoing on my mind.

‘giving up on me’

‘giving up on me’

‘giving up on me’

That was all I could hear.

His mouth was moving but I could no longer hear any sounds of words coming out of it.

I'm... stunned.

He said it by himself.

Him laying his palm on my hand to touch me felt like a friction that made me go back to reality.

He's looking at me with those heart warming eyes.

No! if you look at me like that, I can't give up on you! You'll make me remember your sweet and gentle side when you always protected me...

I moved my hand away from him. He was looking at me with curiosity and his eyes were too dangerous to look at so I avoided my gaze.

It was dangerous for my heart because I couldn't handle this any further.

I was trembling for all of this, while looking down, slowly and courageously, I took another step back.

“Yo—” I didn't let him finish what he was about to say.

I turn my back and ran as fast as I could.

My sight is still blurry because of the tears but I didn't care.

Quickest as possible, jogging down the stairs.

Because of my tears, I tripped at the rough surface of the hallway between classrooms.

I'm so far at our own room, where I left him. I didn't know what floor I am, our room was at the 6th floor.

I knew for myself that Ace didn't saw this embarrassing moment of mine. Besides, I don't think that he'd help me, he'll just laugh at me.

But the most embarrassing thing was getting my stupidity fed up because of love.

I  noticed that no one was here so I bowed my head on my wounded knees and hugged my legs.

I'm so stupid! I cry and sob till there's no tears left to let out.

I thought once that it felt like a dream when we were getting closer to each other. But I'm too naive to notice that it was all an act.

I wanted to hate him but I still do love him. Even though I said that I had given up on him, I still need more time to forget my feelings for him.