I Broke Up With Him After The Concert Kiss Chapter 05

I Broke Up With Him After The Concert Kiss Chapter 05

Silas’s cold smirk froze on his face. 

His hand, raised to knock, hung suspended 

in the air. 

Lila’s face went pale as she grabbed the 

neighbor’s arm. 

“Elowen left the country?” 

The neighbor pulled her arm away, annoyed, 

and rolled her eyes. 

“Took all her luggage. You think she’d lie about that?” 

She shook her head and walked away. 

Silas snapped. He kicked the front door hard, forcing it open. 

The apartment was empty, eerily quiet. 

Every piece of furniture was covered with dust sheets. 

Silas stormed into the bedroom and ripped open the closet. 

Only a few old, unwanted clothes of 

Elowen’s remained. 

The desk was spotless, all her textbooks and 

notes gone. 

“Impossible… she wouldn’t leave…” 

Silas muttered, stumbling back into the living room. 

Something squelched under his shoe. 

He looked down and saw the smashed Peanut Butter Cupcake from that day. 

Next to it were a few dried, dark red smudges of blood. 

Silas froze, struck dumb. 

It hit him all at once. 

Elowen was deathly allergic to peanuts–one 

bite could send her into anaphylactic shock. 

He’d forced the cake into her mouth that 

day. 

Then he’d run off when the hospital called, leaving her alone on the floor. 

His legs buckled, and he crashed to his knees. 

He reached out a trembling hand to touch 

the bloodstains. 

Lila ran in, screamed at the sight of the blood. 

“Silas! Is Elowen-” 

Silas shoved her away violently and grabbed his phone, dialing Elowen’s number over 

and over. 

“We’re sorry, the number you have reached is no longer in service.” 

The robotic voice echoed through the empty 

room. 

Desperate, he opened WeChat and sent a 

message. 

A red exclamation mark stared back at him. 

Elowen had blocked him. 

Silas gasped for air, his chest constricting like a fist was squeezing his heart. 

He doubled over, breaking out in a cold 

sweat. 

Lila knelt beside him, crying, tugging at his sleeve. 

“Silas, what do we do? Elowen doesn’t want us anymore.” 

Silas shook her hand off. 

His eyes were red as he glared at her. 

“This is all your fault! If you hadn’t faked 

being sick that day, I never would’ve left 

her!” 

Lila stared at him, shocked. 

“You’re blaming me? You’re the one who 

forced the cake down her throat!” 

They stood there, screaming at each other in 

the once happy apartment. 

In the corner trash can, the broken pieces of 

the family heirloom locket lay forgotten. 

Silas crawled over and carefully picked them 

1. up. 

The jagged edges still had traces of Elowen’s 

blood. 

He clutched the shards to his chest and 

sobbed uncontrollably. 

“Elowen… come back…” 

Without Elowen, his world was broken. 

On the first day of classes, Silas and Lila showed up at the local community college. 

The campus was run–down, overgrown with weeds. 

Silas stared at the students with brightly dyed hair. 

He thought of Elowen, staying up late night 

after night, studying by the lamp. 

She’d been top of her class. 

She’d deserved to go to the best university in 

the country, to have a bright future. 

And he’d ruined it all. 

Silas stood in the courtyard and slapped 

himself hard across the face.