He Erased My Dream School For Her, I Already Had A Better One Chapter 07

He Erased My Dream School For Her, I Alraedy Had A Better One Chapter 07

At that moment, I was hurrying across Imperial’s sprawling 

campus toward the library. 

London seemed to be perpetually gray and rainy, but I 

couldn’t have felt lighter. 

I had been in London for nearly six months. 

Little by little, I had adjusted to the weather, the pace of life, 

and a world without Grant. 

After arriving at Imperial College London, I chose 

Aeronautical Engineering simply because it interested me. 

It was a field I had never explored before. 

It was a path that had nothing to do with Grant. 

For the first eighteen years of my life, every effort I made and 

every goal I set revolved around him. 

Grant had set his sights on Summit Tech, so I had done the $ame. 

Whatever he liked, I made myself like too. 

I had spent my entire life turning myself into an extension of him. 

That was over. 

From now on, I was going to listen to myself and live my life for me. 

My parents were semi–retired and spent most of the year traveling. 

The month before, they had come back to London specifically 

to spend ten days with me. Now they were off to Spain. 

They kept telling me I was growing up and learning to love myself. 

They were right. 

had stopped trying to follow anyone else’s path. 

had stopped making another person the center of my entire life. 

For a while, I truly believed Grant and I had become two 

parallel lines that would never cross again. 

I thought there would be nothing left between us for the rest 

of our lives. 

Then came a rainy evening. 

I had just finished a late class and stepped out of the building 

when I saw Grant standing at the bottom of the steps. 

He stood there in a thin white shirt, looking gaunt and exhausted. 

My gaze passed over him without a flicker of reaction. 

I turned and walked the other way. 

His hoarse voice came from behind me. 

Clementine.” 

He hurried after me and reached out to stop me. 

I immediately jerked away from his touch. 

“Don’t go. Just hear me out.” 

I looked at him coldly and let him speak. 

“I know you hate me. I’m not asking you to forgive me.” 

I’m only asking you to listen to me one last time.” 

Clementine, it wasn’t that I didn’t love you. I loved you so 

much that I let my insecurity and fear take over.” 

I’m oversensitive. I’m obsessive. I’m competitive.” 

*But you were always so bright and optimistic, like a ray of sunshine.” 

“Next to you, I felt small and miserable, like I could never 

measure up.” 

I listened in silence, finding the whole thing absurd. 

All his self–dramatizing excuses rang hollow, 

Nora was different from you.” 

“She came from a difficult background. She was the only 

person who never made me feel like she was out of my reach. 

Grant’s breathing quickened slightly. 

Over Christmas break, I overheard your parents talking 

about introducing you to people who could help you build 

connections.” 

“I couldn’t sleep that night. I was terrified.” 

“I was afraid that the bigger your world became, the more 

likely you were to leave me behind.” 

I wasn’t jealous of how exceptional you were.” 

I just couldn’t stand knowing I wasn’t good enough for you.” 

I needed there to be one thing you weren’t better at than 

me. Then I could believe you wouldn’t leave.” 

I lost my head. That’s why I declined your college offers 

behind your back.” 

I felt nothing but indifference. 

I had never been one to explain myself. 

Now I couldn’t even be bothered to argue. 

The damage was done. There was no undoing it. 

Obsession and insecurity were never excuses for hurting someone. 

I had no feelings left for him. 

I didn’t want to say anything more. 

“What you call love has been nothing but hurt from 

beginning to end.” 

“This isn’t the kind of love I want, and I’m never going back. 

I yanked my wrist free from his grip and finally broke away from him. 

Then I turned and walked off without looking back. 

The evening breeze brushed my face and dried the moisture 

at the corners of my eyes.