He Broke My Nails for His Sick Friend

Summary

At the engagement party, just to cheer up a junior I knew who was battling cancer, Julian snapped off every single one of my freshly manicured nails.

“Girls are vain and have short tempers; they can’t stand anyone else stealing the spotlight,” he said, a patronizing smirk playing on his lips. “She saw your nails and threw a fit, demanding the same design. But she’s in a critical phase of chemotherapy; we can’t just let her do whatever she wants.”

My fingertips throbbed, a searing pain that brought tears streaming down my face, smudging my makeup. But he didn’t stop.