But my mind is preventing that from happening, knowing how stupid my heart is. How can I trust this person who targeted me and used dirty ways to get me even before we knew each other?
How foolish I was. How could I fall for him? How could I let my heart be crushed like this?
It hurts so much to know that my happiness was based on nothing but a lie. He doesn't even care about me.
He doesn't love me. Even if he thinks he does, he's confusing his feelings.
"Cassie," Luke rasps. "I would never hurt you. I would never do such things that would harm you."
Liar. I don't know him. I don't know him at all. He'll trap me again, making me fall into his grasp again.
Luke notices how I detach myself from him.
His eyes are bloodshot when he states, "Cassie, I love you. I fucking love you. I'm in love with you."
"No, you don't." I glare at him, and the look he gives me makes me think that I just stabbed his heart with a knife. "We're just two strangers, and you used me. You used every possible way that you could think of to get me. Why did you do that, Luke?" I cry. "Tell me, was it really just for the sake of pissing off your parents and that former fiancée of yours?"
"I did not use you!" he hollers, making me startle.
He pants, and I can see how our conversation tortures him.
"I never used you, Cassie. There is no engagement between me and her. There is no arranged marriage."
I feel like the world stops. What did he just say?
My whole body is shaking.
"Luke, what else are you lying to me about?" My voice is barely a whisper. "What other things are you hiding from me?"
I can't hold it in anymore. There are only lies coming out of his mouth, and the pain from this sudden realization kills me.
I can't trust him. I can never trust him.
Luke takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. "Cassie—"
"I want a divorce," I say out loud.
Luke's eyes widen, and I know that I just killed him with mywords. "What?" he asks in utter disbelief.
"I can't stay with you anymore." Tears are streaming down my face.
Luke clenches his jaw—I think he's going to combust. "Did you just fucking throw away everything like that?"
I swallow a lump in my throat.
"Can't you fucking see my feelings for you, Cassie?" he snaps. "You know damn well how real we are. Don't tell me that you can't see it, because I know that you can. You feel it too, Cassie. You feelmy lovefor you, and I can feel yours too. I can feel how broken you are because of how much I mean to you. You're just in fucking denial, all because you believe every word coming from that filthy mouth of a drug addict."
I shake my head. The more he speaks, the more I'm scared of the truth, that everything he's saying is indeed true.
My heart can't help me in protecting itself from danger.
"You mean nothing to me," I say, denying it, just as he said.
He scoffs. "Really? You're still letting that bastard fuck with your head? You're still going to throw away everything we have just like that? What about our promise to trust each other, huh?"
I burst into tears again. I hate him. I hate him for making me this vulnerable. Why is he making it harder for me to let him go?
"What about Aiden?" he asks through gritted teeth. "What about him? Are you just going to pretend that he doesn't mean anything to you either? Are you just going to leave him?"
