The Transgender Best Friend Chapter 2

"Oh, wait. I should probably call him your fiancé now, shouldn't I? Don't forget about me after you two get married."

Lander's slender fingers playfully slid back and forth over Jillian's arm in an unmistakably suggestive manner, but I simply scoffed and looked coldly at Jillian. "You really believe his nonsense about being transgender?"

Ever since he started using that claim as a shield, Lander had stayed close to Jillian without a care in the world. Under the cover of being her best friend, he ate at her place and even slept there, ignoring any sort of basic boundaries.

No one could imagine how shocked I was when I went to surprise Jillian for her birthday and found Lander lying in her bed!

When I confronted Jillian hysterically, she merely brushed it off with indifference. "Lander had a fight with his family, so he's staying with me for now. Stop overreacting."

I stared at all the empty guest rooms in Jillian's house and felt exhausted.

What Jillian said next made my heart plummet. She said, "After we're married, I'll have to play along with more men at social functions. Are you going to get jealous over every single one of them? I know you're from a normal family, but I shouldn't have to explain something this basic to you repeatedly."

Memories from the past flashed through my mind. I took a deep breath and said to Jillian, "We're done."

Surprise flickered across her face, but Lander had already cut her off before she could say anything. "Jillian, your fiance has gotten smarter. He has learned how to give up ground now so he can get what he wants later."

With just a few words, he turned the words I had struggled so hard to say into a joke. He even stepped forward and patted my shoulder. "I already told you I'm not interested in her. Why do you have to blow this out of proportion? I already told you I'm mentally a woman. I even have a test report. Why won't you believe me?"

I glared at Lander and sneered, "What does your gender have to do with my decision to break up with her? Lander, you know exactly what your real intentions are."

I took off the ring Jillian had given me and turned to leave. However, Jillian clicked her tongue at this moment and finally pulled herself out of Lander's arms, reaching for my hand. "Firo, stop making a scene, alright? There's an auction tonight. I'll take you with me, how does that sound? You've probably never been somewhere like that. Don't embarrass me when we get there."

What a joke.

Seeing Jillian's patronizing expression, I stepped back in disgust. "Jillian, you're so disgusting."

After three years together, I thought I had finally found my soulmate. She had fallen in love with me at first sight in college, and she had worked hard to pursue me.

I had grown up surrounded by men and had never met such a lively, bright girl before. Just when I had assumed my life would continue unchanged, she burst into my life. Yet as deeply as I'd once loved her, I was equally disgusted by her now.

I left, but just as I walked out of the mall, a strange scent drifted over from behind me.

My vision went black, and I passed out.

-

When I woke up again, I was already tied up tightly with rope.

My whole body ached. After I forced myself out of bed and staggered to the door, I found it locked.

"Open the door! Open it!" I shouted for a long time, but no one answered. I tried to find my phone, but it had been taken too.

Who had kidnapped me?

Could it be one of my dad's enemies?

I crawled and hid in the corner, my mind replaying everything that had happened recently. Or had Jillian kidnapped me because she resented me for ending our relationship?

Just as my thoughts were all over the place, the door suddenly opened.