Everything She Was | ✎

𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓲𝓭 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓾𝓭𝓮𝓼

prologue dedicated to fury evans for inspiring me and many other authors and readers in numerous ways possible. slut shaming was something that i always wanted to talk about but never managed to have enough courage to stand up for what i believe in.

but i think i finally realised this book has stayed in my drafts for too long.

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Priorities.

If there is one thing in life that defines how much you value something or someone its your priorities.

For some it might be their family, friends, best friends or even a complete stranger for whom you could sacrifice the confinements of your comfortable car and choose the downtown train just so you could get a glimpse of them.

And that priority for me was Matthew Paige.

I knew I loved him when three weeks after my fifteenth birthday, he introduced me to his girlfriend, Tanya.

That day was the first time I realized that all Matthew and I could ever be were friends. And I had taken in that bitter realisation all the while flashing a fake smile at Tanya when all I could think of was 'he is mine'.

And that was the exact day I had realised I wouldn't be one of those girls who would be lost in the sidelines watching the guy she loved being taken away by someone else.

I wanted the world to see that he wasn't my bane of existence and that Sarah Martin was fine on her own.

And because I wasn't perfect I decided to do it the hard way, throwing away my innocence with countless one night stands and ruining my reputation.

What I never realised that all this while I had been doing this only for his attention, hoping that someday he would realise that somehow I was everything he ever wanted.

And all it took was one incident to make me think no, I know my worth. And I wouldn't let anyone treat me as anything less. come what may.

Sometimes all you need is a reality check to realise that your priority should always be you and your self respect.

That's not being selfish that's choosing yourself over a world who wouldn't hesitate to trample all over you.

And you definitely don't need anyone who tells you otherwise.

a/n : do leave your reviews for the edited version!