I was telling her all of this for her own good, but not only did she refuse to believe me, she even thought that I found all men in the world unreliable because I had been hurt before.

We were initially talking about her, but the spotlight was abruptly shifted to me. I couldn’t help but feel sad when she exposed my scars right in front of John.

 

“Natalie, don’t you trust me?” I peered into Natalie’s eyes and pressed further, refusing to accept this reality.

“John is my boyfriend, and I’ve given him my everything, so I believe that he loves me,” meeting my gaze, Natalie said with certainty.

Hearing Natalie’s answer, my heart sank to my stomach. It was clear she was determined to trust John.

 

“Why won’t you believe me? He admitted it to me himself. We’ve been friends for so many years. You know I’d never lie to you.”

I remained undeterred because I hoped she’d believe me.

If it were someone else, I wouldn’t bother at all. But because she was my best friend who had stayed by my side through my most difficult times, I couldn’t just stand by and watch when she was tangled up with a scumbag like John.

 

“It’s exactly because you’re my best friend that I’m willing to tolerate this, Anna. From now on, I don’t wanna hear you say another bad word about John. He’s my boyfriend, and I choose to trust him!”

Seeing as I was persisting, Natalie’s eyes filled with anger.

 

believe me. Realizing this, a wave of disappointment washed over me. We’ve been friends for so many years. Does our friendship mean nothing compared to

night if John didn’t deliberately instigate it, and I’m sure it’s because he knew I’d tell Natalie about his infidelity. That’s why

Natalie about John’s

earlier, John wouldn’t have gotten his way. However, it was

really doing this for your own good. Please, open

walked forward and anxiously grabbed

only served to further anger Natalie. She flung off my hand and glared vehemently at

harmful to my

her with sorrowful eyes,

had left a huge dent in my pride by saying that. For John, she had actually threatened to end our

sorry. I shouldn’t have interfered. I’ll move out

face paled, and I rushed into my bedroom right

already come to this between Natalie and me, I felt like I had overstayed

I put in my clothes with red-rimmed

had actually threatened

randomly stuffed my clothes into my suitcase. I couldn’t believe exposing a

out and walked through the living room, Natalie came over and looked at

fit of anger,” Natalie explained to me anxiously, and a

go now,” I replied and continued dragging

said it was fine, I still felt indignant on the inside. After all, the two of us had been friends for so

long as you stop

she wanted me to stay, but when I heard the last part of her sentence,

that no amount of

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