For a moment, I froze, taken aback by the venom in his voice. This was the same Elliott who used to tug me through endless shopping malls, grinning like a child as he proclaimed, ” Candice, I want to give you the best of everything, make you the prettiest princess ever.”
He’d light up whenever he found something new, proudly presenting it to me as if it were a priceless treasure. Back then, I had truly believed our love could transcend social divides.’Now, I realized how foolish I’d been.
“And those bags, those skincare products I got you,” he continued, his voice sharp and cruel. ” Add up the cost and pay me back. Every penny.”
Tiffany, still lounging in the doorway, smirked. “Elliott, those things weren’t cheap. How is Candice, an ordinary girl, supposed to afford it?”
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Chapter 4
Elliott turned to me with a twisted expression of disdain. “If you can’t pay up, go sell yourself. Isn’t that what you’re best at?”
Once, such words would have crushed me and left me tossing sleeplessly in shame and anger. But not anymore. Those words carried no weight now, because the part of me that loved him was gone.
I met his gaze, unflinching. “Fine,” I said. Then I turned and walked toward the door, leaving the scattered belongings behind.
If it wasn’t mine, I wouldn’t take it. That included him.
At the threshold, I paused. Turning back, I looked at Elliott one last time. “We’re over,” I said simply.
‘Our story may have started with you, but I’ll be the one to end it,‘ I thought sadly.
The elevator arrived quickly. As I stepped in, the sound of Elliott’s rage spilled from the apartment, the crash of something breaking punctuating his furious shouts. “You’re nothing, Candice! You don’t get to break up with me! I’m the one dumping you, do you hear me?”
The elevator doors slid shut, sealing off the noise and severing our past.
