All Chapters of The Heartbreaker (Completed): Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

When headlights appear in the distance and head towards the house, I can barely stand the pain inside. My eyes burn like crazy because I suppress the tears with all my might, and I can barely breathe because my throat is so tight.Jake's car stops at the same place it did when we got here this afternoon. He gets out and comes up to me, and it's only with the last of my strength that I manage to suppress a sob."Hey." He sits down next to me and looks at me.Meanwhile he is so familiar to me that I would probably recognize him blindly and everywhere ... but actually I don't know him at all, do I? Little did I know his heart belonged to Claire. I thought he would give it to me one day."What's going on?" He asks, frowning. I swallow hard and hope my voice will still obey me. "That ... is too much for me," I say in a whisper. "Sorry, I thought I could pull this off, but ... it won't work." I shrug helplessly. Jake nods slowly and br

When I'm not crying secretly under the covers, I hide as inconspicuously as possible from Claire's company. After I somehow managed to report on the visit to Jake's parents - although of course I justified my hasty departure differently than that a world had collapsed for me - I only had a makeshift conversation with Claire and my absence in justified our common rooms with the fact that I still have a few things to do at the university for the last week. Fortunately, she's really too busy enjoying her fresh love to worry more about my behavior. I can only hope Jake's story is the same as mine.He tried several more times to talk me into a conversation. He wrote to me again and again and finally even called me. I sent a message to him that I didn't want to see him. In the end, he probably accepted it and has not sought contact with me for a few days. It hurts so much and I keep catching myself looking up his name on my contact list - but I don't call him. I can not. Hearing hi

I open my mouth and close it again, look at Jake, who is rubbing his jaw, and take a startled breath when I notice the blood in the corner of his mouth."Jake!" Claire exclaims at the same moment and rushes over to him. I swallow hard when she touches his cheek so familiarly and makes sure he's okay. I quickly avert my gaze and almost bump into Lu, who is standing next to me."There's a lot of action here," she remarks and suggests a smile. "What happened? Did the two idiots fight for your favor? Who won? Tell me Jake kicked Sebastian a lot. "I rub my forehead, behind which there is an unbearable throbbing, and only wish to get away from here. Without answering, I walk past Lu and pray fervently not to fall over again. "Evy." Jake followed me and cut me off by standing in front of me. “Talk to me at last,” he says, looking very determined. "Not here," I reply in a lowered voice. Everyone is probably watching us

"Well, there you see it, Evy," says Lu again and says what goes through my head. "And all the heartache and heartache could have been prevented if you'd opened your mouth." And how right she is ...I sigh heavily and get up to go to Claire. "I'm so sorry," I say softly, and wait to see if she'll give up her defensive stance so I can hug her. When it does, I squeeze it very hard once. “I'm sorry I started something with your best friend behind your back. And I'm sorry that I was so mad at you ... I didn't mean to, but I automatically blamed you for not being able to be with him. That was not fair." As soon as I let go of her, Claire looks at me. "How do you feel about Jake, Evy?"I take a deep breath and press my lips together briefly. "I'm really, really, really terribly in love with him," I confess in the next moment. "At first, I just wanted to distract myself a little and restore my self-esteem, but I lost my heart to Jake in no time.

Of course Claire is right about everything she says, but I can no longer watch her beat Anne down. Not when Jake's mom clearly shows how much she regrets her behavior. She loves her son, of course, but she's caught between two stools. And Claire's finger pointing only makes her situation more unbearable.This will probably also be clear to Claire, because in the next moment she sits down on Anne's other side and covers her hands. "Show Jake that you're proud of him," she says, this time in a gentler tone. “Show him that he did absolutely nothing wrong. Whether your husband agrees or not, you are his mother. Everyone needs their mother, and every mother must not just watch her child suffer. Get his trust back. "I swallow hard when the picture of my mom pops into my mind's eye. It's been a good four years since I last saw her. And I absolutely do not know what happened in her life at that time. Again and again I wonder if she's okay ... if she's even still alive.