Avery’s pov

His words weighed in the air, clogging up my airways until my breaths came in those short pants like last night. I swallowed, looking at him until his vision blurred. I was going to cry. I knew it. I was such a crybaby.

His eyes soften and he looks like he is about to approach me and of course hold me like he usually does whenever I am sad, but I shook my head and whispered. “What do you mean, Xade?”

His eyes, so blue, so warm, so stunning and beautiful pin me down until I felt as if I am naked under him again. “I mean, it’s not that simple for things to go back to how it had been between us V.”

Why is he using that nickname he had given me when he’s giving me bad news? I swallowed harshly, trying to simmer down my rising panic.

Was I losing him? Was I going to lose him? The tears fell.

It had been your idea to forget about it!” I hissed, now sitting with my legs crossed under me and pointing an accusing finger at his chest. ” To pretend it never happened. You were the one who suggested it!” I accused angrily, practically spitting at him. I didn’t care that my voice. was loud too.

Xade and I never fought. We never argued and this was one of the best. things about our friendship. If I was upset by his choices, I’d tell him and he’d do things to make me feel better, the same goes for me. We never had an issue.

Until now.

Unfortunately, this was a big issue and I was terrified this would cause a huge rift between us that we would never be able to overcome. How can friends go back to being friends after they’ve f*cked each other brains out like we had done last night?

For f*ck sakes V,

his eyes soften. ” You were the

seethed and began to pace, running his fingers through his unruly blonde hair. “But it’s not that easy to go back to how things were

stomach and I let out

my fault. The damage had already been done. I should have known it was too good to be true to

I shook my head and glared at him. “Don’t call me that! Not when you’re ruining our friendship.” I snapped, feeling my

invoked in me. I didn’t want to lose

cursed and closed. his eyes, burying his fingers in his hair.

to rethink his words and abruptly stopped when we saw that it was Kyan who had stepped into. the room. I quickly reached for the plan b box

closed the door softly behind him, his dark eyes sweeping from Xade to me

sides as

across mine before he responded

were just

can even come close to intimidating. Xade. “Didn’t sound or look like anything to me. She’s crying,” he nudged his chin in my direction, narrowing his eyes on Xade. “You’ve clearly upset her man, what the hell is going

together and pretend everything was okay if I wanted things to go back. to normal

lied, gaining Kyan’s attention. ” Mother nature you know.” I gave an awkward smile and I am relieved when Kyan’s stiff shoulders relaxed a bit in understanding.

during that period. He definitely knew

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