Chapter 60

"Shut up," he asked in a tone of order. "Don't say another word to me, Leandra. I don't want to hear a word anymore. I don't want to have to control myself so you don't run away and cry to be consoled by another man. I don't want to be the villain you dream of so much. Enough for me. I don't need any of that. We don't need any of that. And we'll get hurt if we keep saying these things. I don't want to listen anymore. And I know you won't want this story to continue falling apart in this way either. I don't want to hear a single word anymore."

Edward was mistaken for thinking that I was going to cry at some point. Maybe I cried because he missed me, but never because I felt bad about his words. He didn't know anything about me. Even I didn't know. Even I didn't understand where all that anger and easy words came from. Not even I could say with conviction that I was in my normal state, and