After a devastating breakup, Harrison has sworn off love forever. He's poured himself into his career, working long hours and avoiding any romantic entanglements. But when he meets the beautiful and enigmatic girl, his resolve begins to waver. Despite his best efforts to keep her at arm's length, Harrison finds himself drawn to Sarah, and soon realizes that he may have feelings for her that go beyond mere attraction. As their relationship deepens, Harrison is forced to confront the painful memories of his past and the reasons why he's sworn off love. Can he find a way to open his heart again, or will he let his past continue to dictate his future? "Never Again Love" is a poignant tale of love, loss, and the power of second chances.
Chapter 1 LAST DAY OF HIGHSCHOOL
Last day of highschool, and I still can't get enough of this life, the friends, the fun, the lectures that I'd rather not have, the troubles and fame I got from being this good looking and well mannered (Smirks) and of course my girlfriend Anita.
Speak of the devil, here she comes... she hasn't seen me yet, I have to act cool and calm.
"Harrison!!" She yelled out my name,
"huh?... oh! Anita" I answered acting like I didn't see her first,
"What's up?" I continued
She kept a blank stare at me like she was disappointed. I was dumbfounded by that for a second and stared back at her,
"Oh... I'm sorry I forgot, Ani.. love" she then kept a sad face
"Baby I know you're shy and not used we calling ourselves sweet names, but i want our relationship to have a strong foundation so we have to start earlier to get used to stuffs like this babe if not how do you expect us to be a role model for others?"
She lectured in an authoritative tone almost as though she was talking to her employee or in this case husband... a hen-pecked husband
"Yes ma'am!" I saluted
"Funny" she replied in a slightly irritated tone as I quickly changed my behaviour to suit her mood
"Okay sorry, so what actually brought you over to my classroom?"
" Ah, yes I came here to ask you if...." she said before she was suddenly interrupted by a sudden loud sound
*Boom*
We turned to he source only to see the headmaster who had apparently walked slammed the door with such force, it sounded like an explosion.
Look at his expression, it was clear that he wasn't in a good mood or at least it showed he may be mad at us.
"You have to go now, this guy looks like he will eat us raw if we step out of line" I hurriedly said to Anita so she could leave
Reading the room, Anita too hurriedly ran out of the class since no one wanted to get on the man's black list as I immediately sat back on my seat.
Anita may look to be the same age as me but unfortunately she was about two years younger and a year below me in school.
However, like they say, the girls are smarter ones. she planned to graduate with us since she had enough credit to do so.
Above all no one could actually tell her otherwise since apart from her brain and unparalleled beauty, Anita came from a wealthy background... at least those are good qualities about her.
"Good day sir!!" all of us greeted to show our respect and maybe dissolve his anger
"Good day students, I know you all are happy you're about to graduate however...."
The surprisingly young man started as he began the usual long speech as he tried to advice us on the so-called 'real world'.
The endpoint of it all was that many of us slept through it or simply laughed at the way he pronounced certain words due to his weird accent.
"Also I hear that there will be a party held in your honor" the man said as a weird smile appeared on his face
Matching the same energy, practically everyone in the class too began to smile as everyone's imaginations went wild.
You couldnt blame us, we were in our teenage years, hormones are running high and though I have a girlfriend already, I can't lie and say that the girls in the class weren't beautiful.
Well in truth, everyone or at least every boy was thinking about their girlfriends or who they will invite.
Saying true to the usual senior path that stated that no male senior will stay with a female senior instead they go outside or for the females in the class immediately below them.
The headmaster probably knew this hence his smile. After he finished his speech on safety and sex. He left the class as the entire class erupted in noise.
Everyone had some plan or the other, they intended to carry out. Many of them were clearly going to see some girl/boy or the other.
"Okay, we move!" I said out loud as I immediately packed my things and snuck out of the class.
Unlike what many would think since Anita and I were apparently the Golden Couple of the class. Anita was in simple and vulgar terms, a crazy bitch.
Along with her impossible beauty that was somehow not the top of the school or even her class. She also harboured a depraved animal within her.
A minute with her would have you running for your life and that was exactly what I was doing. She wasn't that bad per say but well...
"Wait who's actually the number one most beautiful in the school?" I thought as I got into a taxi to go home.
After thirty minutes, I was standing in front of a small house in the suburbs. The neighbor's dog could be seen patrolling as usual.
"Shit, i'll kill that one day" I said as I tried to catch my breathe after running to safety.
"You're back!"
I heard an excited voice call out from behind me as I felt a heavy burden on my shoulders and soon I was on the floor.
"Do you want to kill me?" I asked in a playful manner as the person on my back stood up
Her laughter resounded throughout the house as a smile appeared on my face too. I turned to look at the source of the laughter only to see young girl who was at most six years old.
"Hahaha" she continued laughing as she wanted for me to stand
"Just wait there, I'll catch you soon" I threatened playfully as her laughter got even louder
"No, you can't!!" she screamed as she ran away
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