I'm sorry

LESLIE’S POV How do you tell someone you’ve been seeing for weeks that you just want to remain friends? You don’t. You ghost them and let them come to the conclusion. It was easier said than done. Given, Adrian hadn’t officially asked me out yet and we also hadn’t gone past based. But, we had something special going on. I wasn’t sure I was ready to ruin it just yet. But, Wade had proved to me that he was the one for me. He was perfect, he loved me even when it wasn’t right and when he knew that no one would accept us. He stayed quiet through it all and it surprised me every time. I was just so lucky to have him in my life. Then again, Adrian was hanging a proposal to be his girlfriend in front of me. He looked so expectant that I didn’t even know how to break it to him. “Adrian…” I repeated again. His brows furrowed, sensing something was wrong. But he forced himself to smile. “Leslie, you just have to answer,” he said, around the smile. “I—,” I started to say but he didn’t let me fin