The Girl He Wanted Was The Girl He Dumped Chapter 06
I thought I’d made myself perfectly clear.
Carter apparently didn’t.
Under the excuse of “winning me back,” he started following me around all over again.
So whenever Julian asked me to do something, I’d turn him down.
“Sorry. Carter might be waiting outside my dorm.”
“Can’t. Carter might show up there.”
“Carter said…”
“Carter might…”
It didn’t take long before I heard the two of them had gotten into a fight.
A bad one.
I’d expected their friendship to fall apart eventually.
I hadn’t expected them to start throwing punches.
Apparently, they’d gone straight for each other’s faces.
I felt a little guilty for deliberately getting under their skin, so I told Julian I’d stop by the hospital.
I ended up getting delayed by almost two hours.
By the time I reached his room, Carter was already inside.
Both of them were wrapped in bandages like mummies.
One had a broken leg.
The other had a broken arm.
Julian’s voice came through muffled and irritated.
“How long are you planning to stay?”
“Get out.”
“She said she was coming to see me. Not you.”
Carter gave a cold laugh.
“You really think you’re better than me?”
Julian went quiet.
Carter continued,
“You wouldn’t have even messaged Audrey if I hadn’t dared you to.”
“I told you to go mess with her and see if you could make her fall for you.”
I stopped outside the door.
My hand froze on the handle.
Carter kept going.
“You and I are the same kind of person.”
“You play nice long enough and suddenly you think that makes you a good guy?”
“What do you think Audrey would say if she knew how this started?”
His voice turned almost smug.
“My guess?”
“You’d end up exactly where I did.”
Julian laughed too.
“And what proof do you have?”
“It was just something we said.”
“And with your reputation now, you really think she’d believe you over me?”
Carter fell silent.
I pushed open the door.
“She does now.”
Julian’s voice cut off.
For the first time since I’d met him, all that easy confidence disappeared.
“Audrey—”
I looked at him, unable to hide my disappointment.
“Julian, I genuinely didn’t think you were like him.”
“But apparently I was wrong.”
“We’re done too.”
His face changed.
I didn’t wait for an explanation.
So much for thinking Julian was different.
Birds of a feather, apparently.
The only person in the room who looked genuinely delighted was Carter.
He actually laughed.
After I went back to campus, I heard they got into another fight right there in the hospital.
By the end of it, both of them had somehow managed to earn themselves wheelchairs.
Their families had always been close.
After that, things between them got a little awkward.
Not that I cared.
By winter, I’d finally settled into college life.
I was even chosen to emcee one of the university’s winter events.
New year. Fresh start.
Half the audience had their phones out as I walked offstage.
And there they were.
Carter on one side.
Julian on the other.
Both holding flowers.
Months later, and neither of them had learned how to leave me alone.
Carter straightened when he saw me.
“Audrey.”
Julian got there first.
His expression softened.
“Audrey. Look at me.”
I walked straight between them. Didn’t even slow down.
Because I’d already spotted two familiar faces waiting near the exit.
My roommates waved when they saw me.
I smiled and hurried toward them.
“You came!”
One of them threw her arms around me, “Obviously.”
Then she glanced over my shoulder at the two hockey players still standing there with their flowers.
“Come on. Girls’ night.”
“No hockey players allowed.”
I laughed and followed them out.
The End.