Bye Bye Lovesick Puppy No Longer Chasing Your Glow, I Became My Own Sun novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Tanner looked like absolute hell–dark circles under his eyes, hair disheveled like he’d slept in his car.

He was carrying a bag from my favorite bakery.

I stood frozen in the doorway, making no move to let him in.

But he pushed past me anyway, walking into my house like he owned the place.

At the dining table, he set down the pastries and reached out to ruffle my hair–our old routine.

I dodged his hand like it was on fire.

“Well, well. Someone’s gotten feisty lately.”

“Ignoring all my texts, screening my calls…”

“What, you waiting for me to book our graduation trip without you so you can come crying after me?”

Tanner carefully unpacked a small cake, cutting it into bite–sized pieces before holding it out to me.

“Come on, quit the attitude. I drove across town this morning just to get your favorite.”

“Eat up. I know you’ve been craving this. After, we can finalize our Alaska plans.”

I didn’t take the cake.

He looked at me with that patronizing smile, trying to feed me directly with the fork. I stepped back.

“Fine, your highness. We don’t have to eat right now.”

“You’ve always talked about seeing Alaska, but we never had time for a trip that long. Perfect graduation adventure.”

“I already talked to Connor and the guys–we’ll rent a couple cars, make it a group thing. Just the two of us would be boring anyway.”

I shook my head, my throat tight with rage.

“I’m not going. You have fun though.”

“I need to head out soon, so if you could leave…”

Tanner blinked, genuinely confused.

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Bye Bye Lovesick Puppy: No Longer Chasing Your Glow, I Became My Own Sun

Chapter 9

“Why not? You’ve been obsessing over this trip for years. You’re really gonna skip it just to spite me?”

He set down the cake and reached to pull me into a hug.

When I dodged him, he snatched my phone with his other hand–smooth as a pickpocket.

‘Why are you so obsessed with her? What did she ever do to you? With her family situation, she hasn’t been on a real vacation in years. Now that we’re graduating, why can’t she spend her own money to join us? Alaska’s nassive–there’s room for one more person, isn’t there?”

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