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Chapter 7\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 7\u00a0<\/p>\n
What surprised me was Jade sent me a friend request.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing that familiar name, I froze for a second-then rejected her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We had anything to talk about.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she kept trying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The last friend request message said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you want to know what Ashton and his boys have been saying about you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart skipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That Truth or Dare scene flashed through my mind again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d been replaying it over and over every night since.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I needed to know what Ashton had said to turn them all against me like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Accepted the request. No small talk. Jade immediately sent a string of group chat screenshots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the name it was clearly Ashton\u2019s friend group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heart pounding I opened them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At first he was just complaining about work being tough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then people started teasing him-because of long-distance, his girlfriend wasn\u2019t around.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After that it was like a dam broke. He started venting about me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why\u2019d I move back home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why couldn\u2019t I come take care of him, cook his meals, be there for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The other guys went from joking around to actually agreeing with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then Jade showed up in the chat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To get her out of answering a truth, he casually offered up my secrets instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:09\u00a0<\/p>\n
Surprise Visit Gone WRONG-Not Him Crying About Loneliness After Calling Me Dirty Sir???\u00a0<\/p>\n
66.7%\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 7\u00a0<\/p>\n
From then on, they treated it as a rule of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hobbies, my personal life, even more intimate things-Ashton used them to spread gossip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reading through the chats, I sat there stunned, unable to breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jade sent another message.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants to dump me and get back with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way. I\u2019ll make sure you don\u2019t get off easy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I closed the app and didn\u2019t reply.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t even name what I felt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Disgust? Heartbreak? Sadness?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eventually it all turned into revulsion toward Ashton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I started to feel dazed, realizing I didn\u2019t even know when he\u2019d gone rotten:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Spreading someone\u2019s private business like it was nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Letting people twist it into lies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Compared to that the cheating almost seemed minor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know if it was his nature or if something changed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time I finally understood it, the last shred of feeling I had for him had burned to ashes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Part of me even felt relieved-at least I found out before marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pulled him out of my blacklist, hit delete, and wiped him completely from my phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gone, No trace. No connection. No more Ashton Reed in my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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