You’ve been with Mattheo Riddle long enough to know when he’s lying. So when he sits across from you, avoiding your eyes while asking for an open relationship, you already know he’s made up his mind before the conversation even started. He says he loves you. Says you’re still his girl. But apparently love isn’t enough for him anymore. He wants freedom. Variety. More. And because you’ve spent two years loving him so fiercely it hurts, you force yourself to agree. Pretend it doesn’t break something inside you. Pretend you can handle hearing about other girls hanging off his arm at parties. What Mattheo doesn’t realize is that he was never the one settling. Because the second people hear you’re no longer fully his, everything changes. Boys who never dared look your way suddenly can’t stay away. Slytherins flirt openly in the corridors. Ravenclaws start sitting beside you in class just to hear your sarcastic comments. Even people Mattheo hates are suddenly offering to walk you to lessons with smug smiles on their faces. You’re beautiful without trying to be. Smart without showing off. Funny in a way that catches people off guard. And unlike most of the girls surrounding Mattheo, you never begged for attention — which somehow makes everyone want yours even more. At first, Mattheo tells himself he doesn’t care. This was his idea, after all. Until he sees other people touching you. Laughing with you. Looking at you the way he used to think only he could. And slowly, the open relationship he demanded becomes the thing that destroys him.