Lie To Me novel Chapter 7

"Tss." I heard my brother say but I ignored it.

I drank a glass of water. I try to hold my breath. I was just shaken by my own reaction.

Come on, Jianna Astrid! What's your problem? It's just chat, what art is that?

I scolded myself.

It was just like that; a chat and my heart were pounding again.

My God, you're still a fool Jianna Astrid!

I was still calming my system until I returned to the room. Again, I stared at my laptop. Memories are flashing back but before it went deeper, I forced myself to stop reminiscing bad memories.

I sighed. Deeper.

This can't be. I can't break up again just because of a chat and he can't just talk to me as if nothing happened.

I picked up my laptop again and opened it.

I logged in again on my Facebook account and searched for his name: Russell Perez.

I immediately pressed his name as soon as it appeared and without two minds pressed the block button.

I won't let him reach me again, especially since this is still my reaction. He will ruin me, and I will never let that happen again.

You are better now, Jia. He can't hurt you again, not anymore.

My next days were like a blur. I spent it like the first day, I didn't go out and just locked myself in my room. And even though Mama told me to go out a few times, I didn't listen, I just said that I would go out next week like Reysa and I talked about.

After I blocked him, I immediately sent a message to Reysa to just contact me with my cellphone number. I don't want to risk spending my time on Facebook especially since he can find a way to contact me again, I am friends with his family after all.

And today is Sunday. We talked about meeting in the afternoon and we'll just meet at the resto-grill we used to go to today.

"I'm leaving, Ma!" Goodbye. I immediately got in my car and drove it away.

It took me thirty minutes to get to town, so Reysa was already there when I arrived. He waved at me as soon as I got out of the car.

"Yes!" she answered as he approached me. She even hugged me. I laughed.

I'm happy to see her. Of all my friends back then, only Hanz and I stayed and I am really grateful for having them.

"I miss you!" She said excitedly.

"I miss you, too." I answered. "How are you?" I asked, excited to hear her stories.

We settled down and started looking at the resto-grill menu.

"I'm fine, everything’s on my control,” she answered. "How about you, how are you?" She also asked.

"I'm great. It's okay at work, but I still have to work hard. I don't want Hans to embarrass his friend because I failed at work." I answered.