Chapter 27: He knows (Cassie’s pov)

Chapter 27: He knows (Cassie's pov)

"What the..." Cassie whispered, staring at the screen of her phone, showing that her call was... lost.

'He didn't reject it. He killed his phone altogether!' Cassie quickly realized. 'Killed, turned off or put on an airplane mode...' she quickly came back to her senses.

Even though she hadn't known Peter for all that long, she already learned he wasn't the type of person to destroy his phone just to keep others from reaching him.

'But so he wouldn't end things off... like that...'

Tears squeezed out of the corners of Cassie's eyes as the reality slowly started to dawn on her.

Her hand free-fell down her side, the phone nearly slipping out of her fingers.

'He broke up with me?' she thought, swallowing down her tears... only for a fresh batch to report in her eyes right away. 'He?! Broke up with me?!'

Cassie's soul trembled. The girl felt as if her insides were pulled in every direction by all sorts of different emotions. This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

The anger and humiliation of being broken by a mere phone call. The shock of something like this ever coming to pass, especially with how calm and collected Peter always was...

And then, the immense weight of realization of what actually transpired.

"He knows..." Cassie whispered, her face suddenly turning blank.

The one secret she hoped to keep hidden forever... was now known by the only person she didn't want to share it with.

'I guess I only deserved this...' Defeated, Cassie suddenly shrunk down, squatting and wrapping her hands around her knees as she hid her face in her thighs.

"Cassie?" one of her friends noticed the sudden change, stepping away from the veranda of the mansion their class rented out for the party. "What's wrong?"

'Wait, what did he tell at the end? About finding a stud to replace him?' Cassie ignored the call, her thoughts speeding through her mind as she tried to piece the puzzles together.

"This is exactly what I need to do if I want him to believe I wasn't just playing with his feelings!"

Now that Cassie has made up her mind, she suddenly grew far more combative than normal.

"You stink of desperation," Irene countered with an ugly grimace forming on her lips. "I'm not joking right now so listen to me well. If you go after him right now, you will not only miss this party but show just how desperate for his attention you are!"

"And what does it matter to you?!" Cassie exploded a little. "I fucked up every step of the way. I confessed to him because of a dare. And even if those were my real feelings, I didn't bother to think how he would feel about it once he found out!"

Tears once again appeared in Cassie's eyes... Only for her to sniff two times to pull herself together.

"And then there's the topic of what he heard us talking about..." Irene's voice suddenly mellowed down... Only for her to shake her head again. "But he dropped the call and didn't pick up when you called him back, did he?"

Somehow, even though she was quite a bit away when it all happened, Irene could guess how things happened without fail.

"Yeah, and?" Cassie pulled her eyebrows together, too furious at what her friends' words caused her to pay much mind to them again.

"Do you really think he wants to see you right now?" Irene pointed out while going as far as to raise her hand and poke at Cassie's collarbone. "No, right now, you are the last person he wants to see. And you are too desperate."

Irene shook her head again.

"I'm not saying you should just forget about him," she said before heaving a deep sigh. "I know better than anyone that you won't. But rather than acting desperate now, you can just have fun at this party and then meet up with him once you both calm down."

"Hey girls!" one of their classmates called out from the veranda. "What's the hold-up?! Come on! We are about to begin!"

Irene looked over her shoulder... but didn't bother to respond. She then moved her eyes back before heaving another sigh.

"You've heard him. You can bet it would only cause unnecessary drama if you were to up and leave now, right as everything is about to begin," Irene spoke, her voice softening even further.

She then walked up to her friend and pulled her into a tight hug.

"I'm not telling you to forget about him. But for now, relax, have as much fun as you can, and once you are both ready, go pay him a visit so you two can talk in peace and clear the misunderstanding," Irene calmly presented her friend with a plan that had some semblance of logic behind it. "And who knows," Irene's face suddenly turned all smiles as she pulled back and looked directly into Cassie's eyes.

"Who knows, maybe you will find someone even better than that loser boyfriend of yours here?"