After Erasing My Love, the Scumbag
CEO Regrets It
Chapter 1
I forgot to text “Goodnight” to my boyfriend,
and he broke up with me. Again.
“It’s always about that stupid internship of
yours!”
“Sarah, I swear, I could make sure you never
work in this town again!”
I’d been pulling overtime for three months
straight, all for a shot at a full–time position.
I hung up, completely drained.
Then a barrage of comments popped up in my
head:
[OMG, she didn’t even apologize and hung up
first! How could she do that to our bov. Aiden?]
LAiden stayed up an extra half–hour just waiting for her “Goodnight“! He acts tough, but he’s
always desperate for her attention.]
[He’s such a softie. He even called his dad to
help her with the internship, but he’d never tell her that.]
[He’s just avoidant. He needs constant
reassurance.]
As I hesitated, I got a message from HR:
[Sarah, all the full–time spots in Chicago are
filled. Would you be interested in a position in
Austin?]
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Austin?
Before I could even process it, more furious
messages flashed up in my head:
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[Is that internship more important than me?]
[Sarah, we’re done!]
[No, you’re done!]
[Just wait for the email telling you you’re fired.]
I typed out an explanation, and hit send.
Instantly, a red exclamation point appeared.
Aiden blocked me.
It was probably the tenth time he’d done that.
But the internal comments were all siding with.
Aiden:
[Oh, Aiden’s being dramatic again. He’s just
gonna spend the whole night refreshing his
phone, waiting for her to unblock him. This is
so sweet.]
[She needs to add him back ASAP. He is dying
inside. I feel so bad for Aiden.]
[Aiden is just a jerk sometimes. He loves her,
but his mom wants him to find someone who
grew up in the same state as him. But he said
he wants to stay with Sarah. If that’s not love,
then I don’t know what is.]
I couldn’t be bothered reading anymore.
This wasn’t the first time Aiden had blocked
- me.
The last time?
We were on vacation together in Europe.
He wanted to see some traditional show, but
we were five minutes late because of traffic.
Aiden blew up, blaming me for not planning
hotter.
“If you’d reminded me to leave three hours
earlier, we wouldn’t have been late!”
“Why didn’t you check the weather? Why didn’t
you research the route properly?”
“You clearly don’t care about what I want!”
“We’re over!”
It was late at night, in a foreign city.
We were in some dangerous neighborhood on
the edge of town.
He just left me there.
He took all our cash.
I didn’t know the language and then I saw
something about some tourists getting
kidnapped.
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10:23
I was terrified, so I sent him a bunch of
messages, apologizing and begging him to come back.
But halfway through, he blocked me.
Then some creepy guys started walking
towards me.
I went pale with fear.
Luckily, two American tourists happened to
walk by and helped me out.
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When I got back to the hotel, Aiden was sound asleep.
He wouldn’t answer the door.
I knew that if I got the front desk to open it,
he’d start a fight with me.
I was too exhausted to
I was too exhausted to argue, so I just curled
up on a lobby couch and slept there.
The next day, Aiden came to find me.
He saw how exhausted I looked and
immediately apologized.
“I was just angry last night. The breakup was just something I said.”
“Sarah, I’ll never do that agajn, I just have low self–esteem. Will you forgive me?”
“Babe, just look at me once, and I’ll always do what you want.”
But later on, I was always the one apologizing, desperately trying to please him.
He’d just say, “An apology needs to be sincere.
I don’t see you reflecting.”
He practically wanted me to get on my knees.
Four years.
We were about to graduate from college.
A lot of couples break up then.
Maybe it was time for me and Aiden to end it
too.
