Meant to be. Book 1. (COMPLETED)

Prologue.

Eugenia Howard sat alone in her room, couldn't help but think back to one particular conversation she had during her relationship with ex-girlfriend Selena. It was a conversation that left Selena in tears, and Eugenia with a heavy heart.

"I don't know how to love you without hurting you," Eugenia said, her voice barely above a whisper.

Selena looked at her with tears in her eyes. Her heart was breaking with every word Eugenia spoke.

"Then maybe we shouldn't be together," She replied, her voice shaking.

"I can't imagine my life without you," She said, her eyes pleading with Selena to understand.

"But I can't keep going through this pain," Selena said, her voice breaking.

Eugenia took a step closer to Selena, reaching out to touch her hand. She looked at her.

"I'll do anything to make it right, to make you happy," She said, her voice filled with sincerity.

As the argument intensified, emotions swirled like a tempestuous storm, threatening to consume them both. Selena's voice grew stronger, laced with a hint of frustration.

"I need more than empty words, Eugenia. I need a love that doesn't leave me broken." Her words echoed in the room, a plea for a love that could heal rather than wound, a plea for a love that could lift the weight that had burdened them for so long.

Eugenia's face contorted with anguish, her voice cracking under the weight of her emotions.

"I never wanted to hurt you, Selena. I just don't know any other way to love you." Her words were filled with a desperate honesty, a confession of her own limitation. The struggle to navigate the complexities of their relationship.

Selena's eyes softened, a mix of love and pain reflected in them. She looked at her.

"But we can't keep hurting each other in the name of love. We deserve better than this." Her voice held a quiet resolve, a realization that their love, no matter how strong, could not sustain itself on pain alone.

The room fell silent, the weight of their unspoken truths hanging in the air. They stood there, suspended in time, their hearts heavy with the realization that their love had become a battleground, a constant source of pain and turmoil. 

In that moment, they both knew that a decision had to be made. They had to choose between holding onto a love that was tearing them apart or finding the strength to let go and seek a love that would bring them peace, with tears streaming down her face, Eugenia reached out and gently took Selena's trembling hand.

"I don't want to lose you," She whispered, voice filled with a mix of fear and vulnerability.

"I love you, Eugenia," She said softly, her voice filled with a bittersweet longing.

"But love shouldn't be this painful. We owe it to ourselves to find happiness, even if it means letting go."  She said.

And so, in that moment, they made the painful decision to release each other from the suffocating grip of their tumultuous relationship.

They stood there, suspended in time, their hearts heavy with the weight of their love and the pain it caused.  As they walked away from each other, the air in the room began to shift.

The heaviness dissipated, replaced by a sense of liberation and possibility. They had chosen to let go, to seek a love that would bring them solace instead of pain. 

And as they stepped into the unknown, their hearts filled with hope, they knew that they had made the right decision. They had chosen to break free from the suffocating room, to embrace a love that would lift them up instead of weighing them down.

But as Eugenia sat in her room, couldn't help but wonder if their love was worth all the pain it had caused. She didn't know if it's worth it and sighed.

She looked at her phone seeing a photo of them on them and smiled weakly. She reached over on the bed to grab it scrolling through her contacts and send her a message.

"I miss you so much.." She send it.

"I miss you too. Can we talk?" She got a text back from her.

Will they fight for their love and be worth it in the end?  Only time will tell.