My Bestfriend's Betrayal

CHAPTER 4

STUCK IN MY MIND.

Juliana walked back to her apartment feeling so disappointed. For the first time ever she thought that she was going to have a chance with a man but it turned out that Cooper was already dating a beautiful lady. She however wondered why he did not mention her.

There is no way she is going to compete with her. Dorah was so beautiful. She was a model for crying out loud. The least that she can do for herself is to let it go before she sets her heart on fire by chasing after a man who is not into her.

As Juliana got into her house, she couldn't help but think if staying in Virgin River was a good idea. What if she has already ruined her chances of a nice start? What if Virgin River is going to end up like her hometown. The thought of this drained her and she tried to push those thoughts away.

Juliana tried to distract her mind which was telling her that she was not worthy of love by preparing dinner for herself. She ate the pasta and minced meat in solitude. She hated this life for sure. She wanted to find a man who was going to take her loneliness away.

Her thoughts once again tormented her. She placed the burden on herself once again. She wondered if the problem is hers and not the town she has been in.

What if she had been jinxed by a witch to be a lonely person. I mean, how can she explain that she had never dated anyone at her age? How can someone be single at 25 with no history of dating?

After dinner, Juliana loaded the dishwasher and went to the bathroom. She freshened up and wore her pajamas. Tucking herself in bed, she hoped for a miracle. Being alone was draining. She wanted to feel what love feels like, just like the way she had seen in the movies and read in novels.

These thoughts were giving her so much anxiety hence she decided to stop thinking about her cursed love life. She gave herself hope that even if Cooper belongs to someone else, she can always find someone new to love. Sighing deeply, Juliana set her alarm and went to sleep. Tomorrow is the day that she will be launching her bakery and she needs to go to bed early.

**

After Dorah finally decided to leave him alone, Cooper could finally breathe. Honestly speaking, he was tired of her presence. Even if she had been friends with her girlfriend who unfortunately…. Cooper did not want to go there because it was bringing him so much pain.

He understands that Dorah misses Daisy so much but life has to move on. He is okay, I mean, the therapy sessions are working. She should also work on herself and give him the space that he needed.

After drinking a bottle of cold beer to calm his nerves, Cooper went to bed. He expected that he was definitely going to think about Daisy and how happy they were before everything went wrong when suddenly she flashed in her mind.

Well, this cannot be happening. She is just a new girl here in Virgin River. She means nothing to him. There is no way that she is stuck in his mind. His mind and heart belongs to Daisy even if she is no longer here. Not her. Daisy is the only person he loved truly and he does not intend in falling in love once again.

Cooper tried to erase her from his mind but he found himself thinking about her What stood out to him about Juliana was the fact that she was resilient and passionate. She was a go-getter considering that she is starting a bakery on her own.

She is quite admirable. Even if she was not dressed well tonight, he could see beyond that to know that she is so beautiful and any man would want to go out with her. She is the real deal.

Anyway, Cooper had to stop himself from thinking about her. It was pointless. He was not ready to start a new relationship. He is still mourning Daisy who left him abruptly leaving him with so much resentment. The two of them had painted this idea of a perfect future but that did not happen. He had thought that their relationship would last forever but that is not the case.

She left him all alone and thinking about it drained him.

Wait, what if he needs to get Daisy out of his head because she was never going to come back anyway?

He needed to heal faster just as Dorah has yet the two of them were almost inseparable.

They were best friends. They were inseparable. It actually doesn't make sense that Dorah has already forgotten all their memories together. She moved on way too quickly.

Cooper tossed and turned but eventually he was able to fall asleep.

**

immediately the alarm went off, Juliana woke up and started preparing herself for the big day. She showered and wore a read floral dress with flats. She did a light makeup on her face to look presentable on this special day.

At exactly 7:00am, she started walking to the bakery. She was supposed to make cupcakes and cakes that she was going to sell as soon as she launches the bakery.

Today was a new day and she had chosen to forget all about Dorah and Cooper. She allowed the universe to give her someone else and she had promised herself that she was going to wait.

She got into the bakery and wore her apron. She then proceeded to make her batter.

She was so engrossed in doing what she loved that she did not notice that someone was waving at the door.

when Dorah rang the doorbell is when Juliana realised that she had showed up, again.

What the heck does she want?