Chapter 1 Right when my childhood buddy was about to slip that ring on his bride's finger, she suddenly snatched the mic and spun around to blast me. Wren! As you can ALL see, Jair and I just got married! So maybe learn some boundaries and quit trying to seduce MY husband while retending to be his little 'girl buddy!" very single person turned to stare at me, and I'm standing there like-what the actual hell? ME seduce YOUR husband?? Girl, what would I even want with him? he guy who used to beat me up, call me names, and nearly murdered my cat?? Uh, excuse me! You wanna back that up with some actual proof?!" OH, I've got proof!" She waves her phone around like it's a victory flag. "Everyone LOOK! Here's your precious evidence!" he photo shows some party with "me" sitting on Jair's lap, chugging a drink with my boobs practically smashed against him. What the FUCK-who photoshopped this disaster?! ut the second I really looked at "my" face in that photo, I completely lost it-just started cackling: "OHHH honey, now I get it! You're tally screwed-your hubby really IS cheating on you!" oo bad he's got such terrible taste that he picked a knockoff version of me! s soon as Maya's words left her mouth, gasps echoed throughout the room. eople who didn't know the full story were already shooting me disgusted looks. could even see my mom's face going nuclear across the room. air looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole and die. He frowned and reached for Maya's arm. 'Maya, are you completely unhinged right now?!" "This is our wedding! What kind of psycho drama is this?!" Maya yanked her hand away from his. Tears streaming down her face, she whipped out her phone. On the screen was Jair's Instagram feed. His profile picture was their engagement photo. But his latest story was a picture of his arm, showing a faded bite mark. The caption was peak cringe: [Getting married tomorrow, but I can't forget you, and I can't forget the scar you left on my heart.] 'Everyone, look at this mess!" Maya screamed, her voice cracking. I've been putting up with you and Wren being all buddy-buddy!" But you post this the night before our wedding, and make it so only Wren could see it! Jair, what the actual hell does this mean?" air's face went sheet white. Maya let out the most bitter laugh and whirled on me. Wren! Since you're so thirsty for him, since he's obsessed with you, why don't you two just hook up already? Keeping that bite mark ke it's some romantic souvenir! You think I'm stupid?!" he guests were staring at me like I was some home-wrecking villain. stood there, completely mind-blown. ike, what? Vhen have I ever been thirsty for Jair? nd that bite mark-girl, please! Intil this hot mess of a moment, I always thought that bite mark represented everything toxic between us. air's family and mine were neighbors growing up. lis mom and mine were besties. We should've been cool. But this kid spent our entire childhood being an absolute menace to me. Hair-pulling and mud flinging were just Tuesday for him. The worst was when he yeeted my kitten into the backyard pool and blocked me from getting help. I was so desperate and pissed that I chomped down on his arm like a rabid chihuahua. It's been over a decade, and that scar is still there-proof I went full savage mode. 15:15 Called Me A Pick-Me At Your Wedding? Wait! Your Man's Affair Ain't My Business! Let Me Show You The ACTUAL One 0.2% R w Chapter 1 And that's when I started kickboxing. From then on, I was the one putting him in timeout on the ground. I've been over him since forever. If it wasn't for family politics and his mom being decent to me, I would've ghosted this wedding so hard. As for his Instagram post- weet baby Jesus. was completely clueless. le'd been posting emo garbage since middle school. was giving me secondhand embarrassment, so I muted his ass years ago. pulled out my phone and opened our DMs, shoving the screen at Maya. lear as day: [Not viewing his posts and stories.] ur chat was even on mute. scrolled through our messages. esides random spam, our last conversation was a week ago. e'd been all [you HAVE to come to my wedding.] even left him on read. ecause, like, obviously I was coming. Our moms would've staged an intervention if I didn't. took a deep breath and said, exhausted: have zero clue what kind of toxic mess y'all have going on, but leave me out of it!" hen I shot Jair a death glare. And that ridiculous bite mark-I only bit you because you were being a complete psycho! I was literally five! 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