The Pretender- Escaping the Past by C R Martens

Author:C R Martens [Martens, C R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788797187005
Published: 2019-11-29T22:00:00+00:00

9.

I don’t know why I didn’t trust myself. I didn’t like him and I wasn’t attracted to him, but somehow, he got under my skin. He imprinted on me. I thought it was love, he convinced me it was. But the fact was I needed a challenge and he provided that.

It was the summer holidays between Eve’s second and third year. The exams had been hard but Eve passed them all and most with firsts. The chaotic fun of year two was over and the gruelling task of Eve’s third year seemed just around the corner, but first, she had work to do. She had found a job at a small office doing meeting prep and coffee runs. It wasn’t the best pay but it covered what it needed to for her new flatshare, which came with a hefty price tag. In two weeks it was her birthday and though she had gone back to Denmark to celebrate last year, this year she wouldn’t. There was one reason for that and that was her plan to break up with Ryan was finally happing. Ryan was in Denmark. The past three weeks before him leaving had been even more gruelling than ever before. And since he had been away it had been non-stop with emails, texts and calls. It was getting to be too much. So, Eve had hatched a plan to get rid of him. She would be out with her male friends, knowing it would be agonising for Ryan.

“Are you with them?” he texted.

“Yes. I told you I would be,” she texted back.

“Why did you not reply sooner?!” he wrote. Eve knew exactly what he was looking for. A fight. And that was exactly what he was going to get.

“Because I am at the pub with loud music and friends. Sorry I didn’t respond faster,” Eve texted back, keeping completely calm. And she knew all too well how he would read it. Like she was taunting him.

“Do you like them better than me?” he texted. “Do you want them? Do you want to fuck them?”

Eve decided that texting might not be the best way to continue, so she called him. He let the phone go to voicemail; she knew he was sitting with his phone in his hand, his responses had come promptly when texting. This was his game, this was what he did best – playing the hurt, blaming her for everything. He was manipulating and controlling. However, this time she was fully composed to deal with him. She called back again and this time he answered.

“Do you think you can play me for a fool?” Ryan’s bitter and angry voice flooded her ears.

“I am not the one playing games here,” she replied.

“Do you think I’m playing games?” he shouted back. “I’m not the one fucking around here!”

“I’m not cheating on you Ryan.” She remained calm; this wasn’t new to her. “I never have.”

“You don’t think I see the looks?” He was getting angrier. The calmer she was the more aggressive he became.

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