My Best Friend Stole My Royal Boyfriend

Chapter 8

I want to say something, thank him, anything at all, but my mouth wouldn't obey. But it's not like he's saying anything either. It's only then that I remember that it's not just us in the room. Everyone is staring at us; the space is almost tranquil except the music still blasting through the speakers.

Adam notices this simultaneously as I do, and he slowly takes his hand off my ear. His jaw clenches for a moment, but the look on his face quickly changes to unbothered as he turns to walk away.

The moment he steps away, I feel like I can breathe again. The crowd also seems to be back to whatever they were doing before the tension between Adam and I began.

"I don't know about you, but that there was incredibly hot," Abigail says to me.

I give her a confused look, "more like terrifying."

So it wasn't precisely terrifying; my body was still tingling from his nearness and his hands on my body even though it was just on my ear. I'm not sure how everyone else saw what just happened between us, but I can't explain it, even to myself.

"I didn't think that your parents would get you to come here tonight."

I stiffen at the familiar voice, and I try to keep a straight face when I see Bryan and Aria in front of me. She's holding onto his arm, and they both look like a couple who's been together for a while. Well, that could be true since I wasn't sure when exactly the cheating had started between them. It could have been since the first day Bryan and I made it official for all I know; maybe they even saw each other before the two of us got together; anything was possible with them.

Aria looks down at my outfit, and it's the first time I feel like she sees me as a threat. She always saw me as someone that couldn't compete with her, but today I can actually see jealousy in her eyes, and she isn't trying to hide it from me. Did I really look that good for people to have these kinds of reactions towards me today? Even Bryan was looking at me as though he couldn't recognize me; in fact, it seems like he can't stop staring at me. Even Aria notices this, and she clears her throat for him to stop. His cheeks are red after he realizes that she's just caught him eyeing his ex-girlfriend, the same one she stole him from; me.

"It's nice of you to get my parents to force me to come here tonight; you two must really enjoy seeing me," I say with a fake smile on my face.

Bryan sighs, "come on, Amiera, you know that this was the only way for us to get you to come here tonight. We are trying our best to get you back. Our lives are incomplete without you in them. We want you back."

Want me back? I've thought of all the different ways that he would ask me back into his life, and this was not one of them.

"Are you both truly this selfish? Would you stop at nothing to get only what you want?" I demand. "Your wants and needs are no longer important to me. Maybe it was all I cared about in the past when I thought that you cared about me, but that is not the case anymore. I know how sick the both of you are now, and I want no part of it. You can keep begging me from today onwards, but my answer will not change. Stop pretending that you care for me when we all know that you want to save your reputation. I'm no longer the girl that you once knew; we can all move on with our lives the sooner you understand this."

Aria looks shocked by my outburst, but I've been trying to tell them repeatedly, and no one was listening to me. I couldn't understand why it was so hard for them just to let me live my life now. What more do they want from me? Should I stand next to them as their friend while they continue their relationship and be okay with all of that? Did they not see how difficult that would be for me? Of course not, as usual; all they both cared about was themselves.

"You don't have to stay here and take this," Abigail says to me.

"Who the hell is she?" Aria asks. "Your replacement for us is the creepy girl in class who's never spoken to anyone before?"

"Leave her out of this!" I hiss, "at least she never betrayed her best friend and slept with her boyfriend!"

I grab Abigail's hand and push them aside as I walk away.

"I'm so sorry about that, " I apologize. "I don't want you to get bullied because of me. This is a side of Aria I've never seen before now. I guess I never truly knew her."

She shakes her head at me, "you don't have to apologize to her. It's not your fault that she's a lying, cheating b***h. Let's not let her ruin our night. We can have some fun here without the two of them interfering."

I nod, and we both begin to sway along with the music.

"So are you going to tell me what was that between you and Adam just now?" she asks. "I didn't get a chance to talk to you about it because of Aria and Bryan."

I open my mouth to speak when I notice him a little distance away with Ashley right next to him. Her hand is on his arms, and she's trying her best to flirt with him. It's not only her; there are so many girls here that are trying their best to get closer to him.

I keep forgetting just how famous Adam is with the girls in my school. He doesn't even have to try, and girls fall for him.

"Can you excuse me for a few minutes?" I ask Abigail. "I'll like to get some fresh air, and then I'll return."

She follows my gaze and sees what I'd just seen, and she nods without asking any questions. "Take your time; I'll be right here when you get back."

I push through the crowds and ignore some of the calls from some guys from school; it felt weird getting so much attention when I wasn't used to it before. I only wanted attention from one man, but he was too busy getting attention from all the school girls.

Before I can reach the door that would take me outside, someone pulls me back. I stare at the hand on my shoulder and look up to find Bryan. I clench my jaw and refrain from shouting at him. Who does he think he is to touch me so freely?

I pull away from him and keep some distance between the two of us, "what do you want now? Did we not already settle this earlier tonight?" I demand, not trying to hide my annoyance with him.

"I just want to talk, Amiera, " he whispers. "I've done some things that I can't help but feel horrible about. I admit that I felt like I was doing what was right, but now I feel so much guilt that I don't know what to do with myself. Please believe me when I say that I never wanted to hurt you. I just started to fall for—,"

I raise my hand to stop him. "You've said it already; I don't need to hear it again. Aria was always the more beautiful one to you. She was always the girl that everyone wanted, including you. You finally have her; you finally have what you've wanted all along. I don't want to keep having to tell you to stay away from me, Bryan. Why do you keep harassing me when the woman you've always wanted is finally by your side?"

It was a question that I didn't care to hear the answer to. However, I did need to understand why the hell he wouldn't just let me go.

He's quiet as he tries to come up with an answer, and I turn to leave; I've had enough of this.

He grabs onto my arm once more, stopping me from going forward, only making me angrier.

What the hell was his problem?

I'm about to say something when someone barrels into him, spilling the drink in Bryan's hand all over himself. I look up in surprise to see that Adam was the one who'd done it.