The Best Man novel Chapter 62

"What went wrong is that I realized no matter now hard I try, I'll never be good enough for you because nothing is ever good enough for you"

"That's not true, and you know it"

"Do I really?", I raised an eyebrow at her, and she remained quiet. "I think you fail to acknowledge that I was always there for you. I was willing to do every thing you wanted because I never wanted to make you feel like you're alone. All I ever did was sacrifice my own interests in your sake because I loved you"

"So this is it?", she carelessly shrugged her shoulders. "After what we've been through together?"

"You mean after what you put me through all these years?", I corrected, and she rolled her eyes

"It's not even like that"

"Mellisa, the first time we broke up I found you lying unconscious in your dorm room with a bottle of pills in your hand. I rushed you to the hospital, fearing that you wanted to kill yourself because I was the one who initiated a break from our relationship so that we could both focus on our studies. I wasn't going to have your death on my conscious, so you know what I did? I stayed"

Silence

"The second time we broke up was when I walked in on you making out with that guy you worked with at the pharmacy in this very space we both share as your way of getting back at me because that waitress at Mochachos was flirting with me, and you just assumed I was flirting back because you thought I wanted her. You knew your tears were always my weakness, having you tearfully apologize to me that day had me thinking that everything that happened was nothing but a phase. And again, I stayed"

She was still silent

"Then after all that, you started being verbally abusive. Every time I started feeling good about myself because my career had just started launching, you just found out a way to bring me down because you couldn't stand that I was happy, and you were not the reason behind it"

She now dropped her eyes to the floor, fidgeting nervously with her fingers

"Then you'll start accusing me of things I didn't even do, throw stuff at me, yell at me every time you had a meltdown and despite all that, I still stayed. Was it because I was stupid and naive cause all the signs were there? Yes. I had every reason to leave but chose not to because I actually saw a life with you"

Tears started streaming down her face as she clutched on the hoodie she was wearing as she found herself a seat

"Despite everything that happened I still wanted to overlook all your flaws and settle down with you. Make you my wife and start a family with you"

"We can still do all of that", she stood to her feet to approach me again, but I put up my hand at her, telling her to stop

"So that you can lay more ground rules for me and dictate how I live my life?"

"I don't-"

"I can't believe you want to throw all this away because of her"

"Are you on crack? Is that what you on?", I was legit dumbfounded by her stupidness. "I just told you all the reasons why I couldn't go through with the wedding. All because of you and you still have the nerve to point a finger at someone else"

"She never liked me", she stated as a matter-of-factly and I heaved a sigh

"How shocking", I said sarcastically as I picked my last bag and slung it over my shoulder. "I think I'm just going to go"

"Tristan?", she called behind me as I opened the door and I turned to look at her

"What?"

"Thank you for wasting 5 years of my fucking life", she spat, and I couldn't help but chuckle, I was actually shocked to be honest because she had the audacity to even say something like that, like she's the only one who lost out on 5 years on this relationship.....but anyways we're over this shit so,

"Have a nice life Mellisa", I said before walking out and closed the door behind me. Next to the next chapter of my life, focusing more on myself.