Chapter 102

Nathan's POV

Theo lingers near the doorway for a moment, then his voice comes low and rough. “I’m sorry. For what I said. It was fucked up. I didn’t mean it. I just... I don’t know how to handle any of this.”

I nod. I get that, and I feel the exact same. “Which is the only reason I didn’t drag you back into the room and beat the hell out of you until you took it back. I knew you didn’t mean it, Theo. But still, you weren’t wrong.”

His jaw tightens. “No, I was. You were right. I’m obsessed. I panicked. I was scared she’s going to walk away from all of this, and I didn’t know what to do with that fear. You were there, so I lashed out.”

Mason’s eyes flick between us. “You two had a fight?”

“We didn’t fall out,” I say. “It got heated. He panicked. He said something stupid. That’s all it