By the time Emily was by the gates, she was bawling her eyes out. Despite her earlier resolution when she left the main residence that she wouldn’t cry.
The impromptu dismissal hurt so much. But what hurt the most was the fact that only yesterday, she had had a good time with the damned Theodore King. Only yesterday, he had claimed he wanted to have all her firsts and be her last as well. And yet, today, she was thrown aside like the most inconvenient and clingy paramour.
She cried as she passed the gates. Paul looked at her impassively but didn’t comment. And it was just as good that he didn’t.
Emily walked back to her flat, not because she was trying to watch her budget, rather because she forgot to take the bus in her crying party.
She was close to her building when someone stop
