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Chapter 2 - The shattered illusion

Jay Jay pov:

The air in the hallway felt heavy, almost like the atmosphere before a storm.I looked at all of them, section e. My heart was thumping with a nervous, happy energy.I looked at Keifer, expecting to see the gaze i had grown to love.

Instead, i saw a wall of ice.

"What....what are you all talking about?". I asked, my voice was very small."what 'plan'?'

Keifer stepped forward. There was no warmth in his eyes, no trace of the boy who had held my hand."You sure you want to hear it?".

"what keifer?". I asked.

His gaze was sharp." I used you, and the whole section E knows it ".

I froze.

"The plan was simple,Jay-Jay. You were the target. I needed to get close to you to get back at Aries. Everything– the sweetness, the care, the moment we spent together– it was all part of the script

the world around me seemed to tilt. I felt the blood drain from my face. " A script? But keifer..... The things you said.... The way you took care of me–"

"Acting," he interrupted, his voice cutting like a knife. He looked at the rest of section e, who stood silent, some looking away in guilt, some remaining stoic. "We needed a pawn. And you were the easiest one to play,"

That betrayal hit mee like a physical blow to my chest. Every memory of the past few months begin to rewrite itself in my head as a lie. the laughter in the classroom, the protection they offered – it was all a set up.

"No..." I whispered, shaking my head. " you couldn't do this to me. "

" I already did, " Keifer replied coldly.

 I looked at the rest of section e. Cin, he was crying. Guilty written over all their face. " Is it true? ". I asked themasked them. No one answered

 Then I felt a sharp pain in my chest, a constriction so tight that I couldn't breath. My vision began to blur at the edges, the faces of the boys dissolving into dark smudges.

"why?". I gasped clutching at my heart. " why did it have to come to this? "

I felt my knees buckle. The stress, the heart break and the sudden shocked were too much for the body to handle. As the darkness rushed to claim me, I saw a flash of movement.

keifer.

the man who had just said that he didn't love me, he used me for his revenge, reacted before anyone else. His cold mask shattered for a split second as he lunged forward, his arms reaching out to catch me before I hit the cold pavement.

"Jay!"  He yelled, his voice sounding far away.

 As I drifted into unconsciousness I felt his arms protectively wrapped around me, I felt the familiar heat of his touch – the very touch he had just called a lie.

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Keifer pov: The mask of a Traitor

I could feel her eyes on me – warm, trusting and full of that annoying, bright hope that always made my chest tighten. Every Step I took toward jay felt like I was walking toward a ledge.

just say it, i told myself.  the plan is almost over, this is how you win.

" the plan was simple,Jay-Jay " i said. my own voice founded like a strangers – monoton and frozen.

 As the words left my mouth, I watched the light in her eyes flicker and die. It was like watching a candle candle being snuffed out in a dark room. I wanted to reach out. I wanted to tell her to stop looking at me like that. But I couldn't. the rest of section e was watching the "game" demanded this ending.

" Acting, " cutting her of before she could remind me of the nights we spend together talking, the smile we shared, the way she made me feel like i wasn't just a weapon for my family.

 Every time she whispered "No," or "you couldn't do this," it felt like she was stabbing me with a dull blade. It hurt, but i didn't let my face move. I had practiced this, i was a master at hiding.

"I already did," i replied.

 Then she gasped. It wasn't a normal breath – it was the sound of someone whose air had been stolen. I watched her hand flying to her chest, clutching her shirt right over her heart. Her face went from pale to gostly white.

stop it, Jay. Just get angry. Yell at me. Hit me. Don't.... don't break.

But she was breaking. Her knees started to give away. The world around us seemed to blur. My heart hammered against my ribs, screaming me to move, to drop the act, to tell her it was a lie to protect her from something worse.

When she finally collapsed, my brain stopped thinking.The "plan" didn't matter. Section e didn't matter.

  before I even realised I was moving, I was there. I lunged forward, my arms burning as I got her just in justbefore her head hit to the concrete. she felt so light – fragile, like glass i had finally succeeded in shattering.

 "Jay!"  I heard myself shout. My voice wasn't cold any more. It was terrified.

 I looked down at her closed eyelids, her eyelashes still wet with the tears I had caused.I held her closer than I ever had when were "dating", my hands were trembling.

I hate you for making me care, I thought even as i lifted her up to carry her to the car.And I hate myself for what I have to tell you When you wake up.

I had to keep lying. If I didn't Make hate me, he would never be safe from the mess my life had become. I had to be the villain in her story, even if it killed me to watch her cry.

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