Chapter 317

Ava's POV The feeling of having your heart completely shattered isn't that romantic pain described in novels. It's a real, physical agony in your chest, like someone taking an iron hammer and mercilessly beating you from within. This betrayal wasn't some spur-of-the-moment thing. This was deliberate, repeated deception. What destroyed me most? His complete unwillingness to trust me. After all our time together, he'd rather believe some blurry photos taken by that woman than ask me directly about the truth. He didn't even have the balls to break up with me first. He just went and screwed someone else behind my back, tossing me aside like garbage. What the hell was I to him? Some disposable plaything he could just replace whenever? I slammed the door with all my strength, making the entire doorframe shake violently. Then, like a puppet with cut strings, I slid down against it until I hit the floor, my legs completely unable to support my weight. When the tears started, I tried to keep it