He Erased My Dream School For Her, I Already Had A Better One Chapter 06

He Erased My Dream School For Her, I Alraedy Had A Better One Chapter 06

The words Imperial College London hit Grant all at once. 

He suddenly remembered the plane ticket. 

Until now, he had been convinced it was an Al–generated fake. 

Only then did it finally sink in. 

The ticket might have been real. 

Grant bolted out of the auditorium like he’d lost his mind. 

Nora hurried after him and caught up, looping her arm through his. 

She chattered excitedly as they walked. 

We’re finally going to Summit Tech together. I’ve waited so 

long for this.” 

All Grant heard was noise. 

Without Clementine, Summit Tech meant nothing to him. 

He had never believed she would really go all the way to 

England and leave him behind for good. 

He had already planned everything. 

He would start college while Clementine spent a year 

preparing to reapply, and he would stay close enough to help her through it. 

Just one year. 

That was all. 

He had wanted her to slow down. 

He had wanted her to stop for a while. 

That was why he had gone behind her back and declined her 

college offers, clearing the way for Nora. 

He hadn’t thought it mattered if Clementine lost Summit Tech. 

He could take care of her for the rest of her life. 

As long as she stayed beside him and never left, that was all he needed. 

Now every part of the future he had planned was collapsing. 

They had barely made it a few steps outside the auditorium 

when Grant noticed staff updating the senior honors wall 

near the school entrance. 

One by one, they were putting up photos of the year’s top 

graduates beside the colleges they would be attending. 

Grant was walking too fast to pay much attention. 

Then a familiar face caught the edge of his vision. 

He stopped cold. 

His own photo was posted near the top. 

Right beside it was a bright, familiar smile he knew better 

than anyone’s. 

It was Clementine. 

Grant forgot to breathe. 

Printed directly beneath her name were the words: 

Imperial College London. 

Grant ripped his arm away from Nora and took off. 

He raced straight to Clementine’s house, 

He punched in the door code he knew by heart. 

It was wrong. 

He tried again. 

It was wrong again. 

No matter how many times he entered it, the code failed. 

She had changed it. 

Grant lost control and pounded on the door. 

At last, it opened from the inside. 

An unfamiliar middle–aged woman stood there, staring at 

him in surprise. 

Grant didn’t wait for her to ask what he wanted. 

He pushed past her and rushed inside. 

The entire place was empty. 

Several contractors were working inside with tools, tearing 

into the walls and remodeling the rooms. 

The woman hurried after him. 

“You can’t just force your way into someone else’s home! 

Leave now, or I’m calling the police! 

Grant barely seemed to hear her. 

He searched the entire house from top to bottom. 

Clementine was nowhere. 

Clementine!” 

Again and again, he shouted her name until his voice went hoarse. 

The woman finally caught hold of him. 

You’re looking for the girl who used to live here, aren’t you?” 

*She sold me the place.” 

*She left the country.” 

She isn’t coming back” 

No…” 

Grant staggered out of the house, muttering the word under 

his breath. 

The plane ticket flashed through his mind again. 

He immediately ordered the first rideshare he could get. 

Nora arrived moments later and hurried into the car after him. 

“Grant, Clementine… did she really-” 

Grant raised a hand, silencing her. 

He looked down at his phone and called Clementine over and over. 

Every call went unanswered. 

The same automated message kept repeating. 

“The number you are calling is unavailable.” 

He refused to give up. 

Grant opened their Instagram message thread and tried to 

send message after message, only to find that he could no 

longer message her. 

It wasn’t just her profile he had lost access to, 

Clementine had blocked him completely. 

His chest tightened until he could barely breathe. 

Nora panicked at the sight of him and kept trying to calm 

him, rubbing his back. 

“Grant, calm down. Please. Don’t do this.” 

Grant violently shoved her hand away. 

Hatred filled his eyes. 

“This is all your fault.” 

“If it weren’t for you, I never would’ve declined Clementine’s 

college offers behind her back!” 

The car sped toward the airport. 

When they arrived, the departure board made it 

unmistakably clear. 

Clementine’s flight to England had already taken off. 

Grant’s legs gave out beneath him. 

He dropped to his knees and broke down sobbing.