Chapter 8 She Signed The Paper Pierce's POV +25 BONUS She signed the divorce papers . She signed it without thinking twice . In front of me . A bitter smile spilled as I downed another glass of brandy . I should be happy about that when I was the one who asked for the divorce . But … but my heart felt so heavy ever since Kelly signed the papers . Kelly and I had been friends for over 10 years . The day she transferred to my high school , I accidentally bumped into her by the lake . She looked like a frightened kitten , carefully hiding her true self behind that thick antique eyeglasses . That was interesting . I didn't realize that nerdy transfer girl in everyone's eyes would be the daughter of my mother's best friend . With that , we grew to be friends . Best friends . Kelly changed a lot after graduation . When I came back from the first vacation alone with Lexi , I was surprised to find that my best friend was far different . Taking off her heavy glasses and changing out of her baggy hoodies , she learned how to dress up . She was always a fast learner and in an instant , Kelly became a total campus goddess , with her brain and beauty . More and more suitors gathered around her . I could see how much she was troubled , so as her best friend , I naturally became that escort . Although it caused some rumors , I knew we were only best friends . I already had Lexi . No one knew why Kelly never had a boyfriend . I once wanted to ask about it but gave up , as I had a feeling that she would leave me once I learned the answer . I never wanted to lose her . She was my best friend . Everything went well but after the countless argument with Lexi about our future life , we fell into a long cold war . And when I was ready to surrender , Lexi suddenly went to another city after sending me a breakup text . I flew all night to chase her , only to find her sleeping with another man . My heart was broken . I fell into darkness and alcohol became my best partner . Just when I thought I was about to rot in my darkened room , a figure appeared in the doorway , bringing me the only light . It was Kelly . I broke down with tears in the arms of my best friend : And Kelly suspended her studies abroad to be by my side . I could never overcome that hardest time . I'd been always grateful for that . I swore to cherish her for my whole Without her , life . But I never expected that Grams would wish us to get married . I agreed to give it a shot . It's better to marry her than another woman my family chose for me . My family was a fan of arranged marriage . And since they also treated Kelly as family , I felt like if I refused to marry her , my family would set her up with someone . It's better to be me than anyone else , right ? I just want to protect her … 2 After three years of happy peaceful marriage , I started to consider having a child with Kelly . She always loved kids , I knew . However , it was at that time , that I met Lexi again on my business trip . My heart was in turmoil when the woman I once loved so deeply cried in my arms . Lexi told me everything that happened to her . Her fate wasn't good to her and she wants me back . I thought my feelings for her disappeared , but as soon as she came back , everything came back to me too . Our memories and even my feelings for her . Fck ! It's Kelly , my best friend over Lexi , my first love . I don't know what to do . God knows how much I dreamed of having Lexi because she's my first love but … losing Kelly should not be a trade to get my first love . " I've been watching you . Do you need company , hottie ? " I gritted my teeth and glared at the woman who tried to approach me . Her smile immediately faded and she walked away . I ordered another glass of liquor and drank it straight . I balled my fists and buried my face on the counter . Do I really have to choose ? I love them both . I don't wanna lose them both . 11 Chapter 8 She Signed The Paper RING RING RING +25 BONUS My phone buzzed again and I didn't have to check to know it had to be Mom again . Dad and Mom were super annoyed after knowing Kelly and I would divorce . Every time they called , they would inevitably scold me severely , blaming me for breaking Kelly's heart . I knew they were telling the truth . I didn't protect Kelly . I made her miserable . But after watching her sign the divorce papers , I felt like I became the most I feel like I'm losing Kelly now just because of that d * mn divorce paper . Can it all start over ? miserable one . I screwed everything up . ་ བྱས་ ཚད་ ཚད་ ན་ དང་ ནན་ དང་ ཉན་ ་ ཆེན་ ་ སྙད་ ནི་ གང་ ད་ ན་ པད་ ཁོ་ ལགང་ ལྷག་ དལ་ དང་ ཚན་པ་ ཚར་ ན་ ད་ ལ ོ ན་ མེད ན་ གནས་ ག་ ནད་ ཁོར་ བ་ མརད་ གང་ ནས་ ས་ མིག་ ནད་ ཚནས་ ༦༦ གིས་ ར་ སྐ་ ར་ དད་ ་ དང་ ་ རའག म