I Don't Like You Anymore

“I think it’s time for us to officially get engaged.” At seventeen, having become an adult this year, Piera approached her childhood friend, Dario—whom she had long loved in secret—and whispered shyly. She believed that he felt the same way and would gladly accept her confession! “Engagement? Who? You and me?” Dario, asking back with wide, surprised eyes, soon burst into laughter as if he might fall backward. “Pippi. Please, I’m begging you, don’t say such horrific things, even as a joke.” Until the moment the words left his mouth, Piera had no idea. That her proposal would be so ruthlessly trampled upon. * * * The heart that used to flutter at the mere thought of Dario no longer fe...