LIAM
"Liam? Wait, listen?" Jason ran after me as I hurriedly ran off outside his apartment. He seized my hands, halting me in my steps so that I was forced to look at him.
"Liam, wait, please don't run off." He pleaded and I felt a painful tug on my chest.
"What for Jason!? I screamed at him at the top of my lungs as i snatched my hands out of his grip. The tears that i have been struggling to keep at bay, falling freely from my eyes. "How could you? And with Chad of all people?" I ask, my emotions choking me. Everything felt so suffocating and I didn't know how best to reel in my emotions.
"I swear I didn't want you to find out like this. I love you very much Liam but I also have very strong feelings for Chad." He confessed and I don't know if I should be angry or pissed at his words. How could he tell me to my face that he is also in love with my best friend?
The devil chose that exact moment to step out of the house. Chad couldn't even look me in the eye. You know that saying about the devil being someone close to you that you didn't expect? Well, guess what, it's true and I just found out about it. But the only problem here is that the devil is no other person than my supposed best friend.
I sniffed. "You have never loved me have you Jason? It has always been about the money and what I could offer you, hasn't it? When you told me that you had urgent issues to take care of, he was the project right?" I asked, pointing at Chad who seemingly looked uninterested.
"Don't do this to yourself Liam."
"Excuse me?" I blurted out, stunned at his words. "I feed you Jason. I take care of all your bills, I bought you a car. Even the shirts you put on were from my paycheck. I give you a monthly allowance, I rented this apartment for you, you scumbag and you stand there to defend your promiscuous lifestyle in front of my face?"
"I really love you Liam but unlike you, Chad has fully given himself to me." He said conversationally without any ounce of emotion. Like I was supposed to do him a favor when he was the one who had cheated on me.
"So it's about the sex huh? You know what? You can die for all I care but just stay away from me. Both of you." I spat angrily, tears clouding my vision as they burned my eyes.
"Trust me it isn't what you think."
"Of course it's what he thinks." Chad answered. His voice was laced with sarcasm and contempt. The sick laughter that came after his words showed how petty and disgusting they could be as humans.
What could i say or do? I couldn't bring myself to cry even if i wanted to. I was consumed by anger, pain, rage and resentment. My anger is slowly consuming me. The people I treasured the most had connived together to break my trust without batting an eyelid. It felt like I was at a dead end. The two people I always went to whenever I was in pain had finally become the cause of my greatest pain. All those times they told me that they loved me, all those times they made me feel like I was important to them, they had been lying all along. They never really meant it. I thought that they were my family but I was stupid to think that.
"How long are you going to keep on lying to him, Jason? He was bound to find out sooner or later wasn't he?" Chad ranted on. Slowly, I brought myself to look at his face that wasn't even showing an ounce of remorse. The face of the person who ruined my relationship.
"H-How long has this been going on between the two of you?" I asked even though i knew that i shouldn't. I deserved some sort of explanation at least. I needed to know why they chose to betray me in this manner. Why they chose to hurt me this way. I had every right know because i was the one who was used. I was the one who was lied to.
"And what good would knowing that do for you?" Chad answered. "The important thing is that we love each other and you should stay away from him." He scoffed. "I'm glad you found out sooner because trust me, I'm tired of pretending that I like you. Have you looked at yourself in the mirror?"
Chad poked his finger at my chest. "You're nothing. You're an ugly good for nothing nobody and no good man in his right mind would want to be tangled up with you. So what if we were there for your money? It's not like you didn't use us too. You loved the validation you got from being with us."
"You got everything for us but we never forced you to spend a dime on us now did we?" He threw his chin at me definitely as if he was challenging me to say otherwise. "Jason and I are together now so you better accept it and get out of our lives for good. In your next life, try to be handsome so that you can score a hot guy like Jason too."
"Now Get Out!" He yelled at me. I looked at Jason, hoping that he would try to stop him or at least tell him off and defend me but instead, he looked away. It was settled. I never had any friends.
Taking to my heels, i ran out of the apartment. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I didn't know where i was running to but i didn't stop or bother to look back either. I thought about everything that just happened and that's when I felt my cheeks getting wet. Gosh, I've really invested my time, money and effort into this relationship and you let it end up like this.
Betrayal from a loved one hurts more than that of an outsider or stranger. Chad crossed the line and the worst part about everything was that he wasn't feeling remorseful at all. His words broke and paralyzed me to the point that I kept on blaming and telling myself that I would never have anything to do with any man in my entire life. I am done with love and I've also come to a conclusion that relationships aren't for me anymore.
I stopped running when i got to a bridge. With tears streaming down my face, I cursed at them. Both of them. Chad, whom I considered my friend, had stabbed me in my back. He had told me that he loved me and that he cared about me but that was all a lie. He didn't love me. He only stuck with me because of what I had to offer.
I had always known that I wasn't loved by anyone and their actions today had proved it. I will always be the ugly duckling that isn't loved by anybody. I would always be the ugly sidekick. I wiped the tears off my face aggressively when a though came to my mind.
I can't go on like this. I have to end this. I can't face anyone right now and in this state. I had given up everything to be with Jason. Hell, i even went against my family who warned me against this relationship because they believed that he wasn't good enough for me and i can't face them after going through this humiliation.
I climbed on top of the bridge, contemplating if i should jump into the river or not. Just before I could make my mind, I slipped and fell into the water. Before I knew it, I found myself sinking deeper into the water. Maybe this was how it was supposed to end. Maybe I was supposed to die. The world would be a whole lot better without an ugly duckling in it.
Just then, i felt my legs brush against something. I was supposed to be drowning and this is a river so why would my legs brush against something that hard in the water that's supposed to kill me? Curiously, I opened my eyes and swam up to the surface. As I got closer, I heard strange and unfamiliar voices that felt so distant but near.
"Jayden is always frowning, could you at least smile a bit? How do you intend to woo the omegas or find a mate with that scowl that's always etched on your face?"
What?
Pushing myself out of the water, i screamed when i came face to face with three men staring directly at me. I felt cold shivers run down my spine at their intense icy stare. My eyes slowly descending on them one after the other as i took in the state of their undress. They were half naked and from the look of things, it felt like i had just interrupted their bath.
"Who are you?" One of them asked and i took a step back. I missed my footing and fell back into the not so deep water anymore. What's happening to me? Where am i? And why aren't i dead or drowning? Who are these men and what do they want from me? Why are they staring at me as if they want to gobble me up and spit me out?
"Is he a slave?" I overheard the voice of another. "Weren't slaves forbidden from stepping foot into our bathing house years ago?" He added and I whipped my head towards his direction. Bathing house? Slaves? What the actual fuck are they talking about? Do they think I'm a slave or something?
"State your business or you'll die on the spot!" The last one threatened and before i could say anything, he transformed into a big white wolf right in front of my very eyes.
"ARGH!" I let out an ear splitting scream that tore from my throat and just like that, I fainted and gave into the darkness that suddenly enveloped me.