Chain Mail Love

Prologue

My hands shook uncontrollably as I looked at the photograph that had been sent to me by one of my friends. I tried hard to come up with another explanation, but deep down in my heart I knew there wasn't one.

Louise was holding hands with Mitchell. She was cheating on me.

I barely heard the smash of my phone against the floor as I collapsed onto my bed. Enraged, betrayed, heartbroken. How long had this been going on for? For all I know it could have been the full two years we were dating for.

My phone pinged again, but I didn't pay any attention to it. I knew it would only be Tom checking that I was okay - which I clearly wasn't. Seriously, some things in life make no sense. You get cheated on and then people ask if you're okay. What do they expect?! That all of a sudden you're going to be totally fine with getting your heart broken because your girlfriend prefers someone you've probably talked to once in your life?

I sighed, rolling over onto my back. I still didn't know whether to confront her or simply ghost her, but I had time to figure that out. The question of how long this had been happening for kept creeping into my head, making me feel even worse. What did I do wrong? What's so good about him?

Why did she stop loving me?

I sank deeper into my bed as the questions filled my brain. I couldn't help but blame myself for what had happened. Maybe I did something wrong. Or maybe I just wasn't supposed to become so attached to her. After all, you can't get hurt if you don't care about them...