Chapter 84

I catch his eye, and we lock gazes for a moment. Deep hurt on both sides and a sea of wounds between us inflicted by each other. I can’t even think who was to blame anymore because none of it was that simple or clear-cut back then. We both did wrong. It feels like a massive gulf between us, and I have no clue how to navigate it.

“And now? Do you want this to end so you can run away and not dissect what’s here between us still? You wanted to hurt me so I would back off? Is that what this was… using old methods to keep me out? Thinking it would hurt me enough that I would push you out of my way and go?” Jyeon is calmer than he was, but he’s still brewing the hurt from finding all this out.

I guess he’s slowly churning it over. Sense and logic are moving back in; the initial shock is numbing out. Seeing my game plan and recognizing it as a systematic Sohla move.

“Maybe. I told you… Whenever you get close…” I close my eyes and wipe my hands over my face, trying to hold