Chapter Title: (3) The Word-01

Sometimes, you feel so much that you end up feeling nothing at all. Reading the message over and over, a responding message, made her feel nothing but absolutely numb. Marley was so glad for it. Bursting into tears would be the worst possible reaction. She needed to have enough backbone to bring him his phone and walk right out instead of showing him how much she was breaking inside. She knew the second she was truly alone, she'd think this through over and over in her head, trying to find the signs and cursing herself when she did. She'd cry and she'd hate herself and him even more, for everything she ever said and did to let him in. To give someone who is notorious for hooking up with girls and not giving half a damn about any of them — her heart. Aiden is cheating. And she knew why. Marley's footsteps slammed down the stairs with so much more force and dramatics then she needed express. Her eyes were burning but not with tears, with anger and betrayal that raced through