Chapter 84

“Happy? Because this solves nothing, Sophs. Natasha will still be crushed. I will still be an asshole who hurts someone I care about, no matter what or who I choose. This will still be the complicated mess it was yesterday, and nothing, except my inability to not kiss you, will have changed.” Arrick sidesteps me. Dismissing me so easily, despite everything he just said. “Go home and get changed. You’re freezing and soaked through. You’re going to get sick.” He sounds so closed off, harsh, and frosty, considering what he said was admitting to wanting to be with me.

“You can’t just leave it like this.” I cry after him as he moves to cross the road toward his mom’s house.

“Yes, I can. This is not why we’re here; it can damn well wait until we get home. I told you that we were not the priority.” He’s walking off, obviously trying to put distance between us, and that age-old anger crashes out impulsively.

“Fuck you. Walk away then. See if I fucking care!” I croak after