Chapter 111

“This was infatuation, maybe lust, something new and exciting, and a lot of what ifs. I got caught up in it, bored with my relationship, and we both know it would never work. We would never work this way. Love isn’t meant to be this hard, and with you, it would be because to get this to work, we have to hurt people, hurt her. Think of how this would look to everyone; what would your family think? They would question every second I have ever spent with you in the last few years, question trusting me and what exactly we’ve been doing together alone… every trip, every sleepover. You were a kid… I wasn’t. All people will see is that I took advantage, and I’m manipulating you to need me this way. That I groomed you and probably abused you all these years.” He turns away from me, that analytical crazy head of his spewing nonsense and grasping for more reasons to justify his decision.

He’s rambling, scared, and lashing out because he’s angry at himself for hurting Natasha.

“How