I Broke Up With Him After The Concert Kiss Chapter 07
Six months later.Â
I walked out of the University PathwayÂ
Program building.Â
Two unwelcome figures stood by the flowerÂ
bed, looking completely out of place.Â
Silas Hale and Lila Mercer.Â
They wore cheap, tattered clothes, theirÂ
faces gaunt and haggard.Â
Auntie had told me they’d dropped outÂ
without telling their families and worked forÂ
half a year to save money.Â
All just to buy the cheapest plane tickets toÂ
find me.Â
What touching devotion.Â
I walked past them without a flicker ofÂ
expression.Â
Silas grabbed my arm hard.Â
“Elowen!”Â
His hand shook, his eyes frighteningly red.Â
“I finally found you…”Â
I wrenched my arm free and stepped back.Â
“Don’t touch me. You’re dirty.”Â
Silas’s face went pale, and tears spilled outÂ
without warning.Â
“Elowen, I know I was wrong. I really do.”Â
He dropped to his knees right there, in front of passing students,Â
“I shouldn’t have changed your applications. I shouldn’t have posted those photos of youÂ
online.”Â
“I regret it every day. I can’t live withoutÂ
you.”Â
“Please, come back with me.”Â
Lila sank to her knees too, sobbing so hardÂ
she looked ready to faint.Â
“Elowen, everything’s my fault.”Â
“I shouldn’t have clung to Silas. I shouldn’t have betrayed you.Â
“For old times‘ sake, can you forgive us justÂ
once?”Â
She pulled down her collar, revealing the burn scar on her neck.Â
Trying to tug at my heart like she alwaysÂ
had.Â
I watched them cry and beg, cold andÂ
unmoved.Â
I felt nothing but amusement.Â
“Old times‘ sake?”Â
I looked down at them and gave a faint.Â
laugh.Â
“Lila, you saved my life once. My parents.Â
saved yours once.”Â
“We’re even.”Â
“And you, Silas.”Â
“You took a beating for me and hurt your hand. I took care of you for three years.”Â
“You ruined my future, leaked fake nudes of me, and almost killed me.”Â
“We’re even too.”Â
Silas shook his head wildly, grabbing at myÂ
pants leg.Â
“We’re not even! I love you, Elowen! You’reÂ
the only one I love!”Â
“Belated love is worth less than dirt.”Â
I stepped back, pulled out my phone, andÂ
called campus security.Â
“Two trespassers are harassing me here.”Â
Security arrived quickly.Â
Two large officers dragged Silas and LilaÂ
away.Â
Silas kept yelling my name over his shoulder.Â
Lila coughed violently, her asthma flaring upÂ
again.Â
I turned and walked toward the brightÂ
sunlight.

