Avery’s pov

My breath catches in my throat and for a second I thought I’d choke on air. I stared at him, eyes wide, mouth hung I am sure awkwardly. I must look like a fish right now. “Xade-

I breathed and the light turned green, causing him to bring his attention back to the road. I frowned as I saw how harder he gripped the steering wheel and how his jaw was set tight.

“Forget you heard that.” He grunted, words biting me more than I could handle. My stomach drops and my heart sinks and I blinked.

And then blinked.

And blinked again. Until that hurt feeling turned into frustrated irritation. “You can’t just joke about stuff like that asshole!” I snapped.

He’s silent, but I know he had heard me, my voice was not only too sharp to not have reached his ears but by the way his demeanor changed, he heard.

When he did not respond I gritted my teeth. “You’re so confusing! One minute you are hot the next you are cold. Make up your mind Xade!”

Suddenly the car swerved and comes to a screeching halt beside the side of the road. He turns to me, breathing heavily and eyes full of emotions that cast too fast for me to focus on one.

from and you don’t listen when I tell you to.” He ground out.” This is so fucking painful Avery, wanting you so badly but cannot have you. You keep showing up makes it more the more

and the rain turns to a drizzle as we stared at each other. My eyes soften as I see the internal struggle in his eyes, those he tries so

swallowed hard. “Why can’t you have

but it doesn’t come until

any one before, I know you feel it too. This,” I stared deep in his eyes, the blue so

searched his eyes, and he hides them away, turning away from me and looking ahead. He let out what sounds like a sad frustrated sigh and

He replied finally and those aren’t

maybe you should stop acting possessive over me because a guy asked if we were dating. Which we

hear the sound of the steering wheel groaning as his grip turn deathly. “So he could try to flirt

hardening on his face. “So what? At

remained quiet and the rest of the ride to the

lower lip so brutally I am sure I have permanently left

things have moved so quickly between Xade and me, yet somehow still slow. Every single time I believe I am getting closer to cracking the code, he pulls away and shields

mysterious as he was, he

the engine. “Thanks for the ride.” I unbuckled, biting my tongue because I wanted to say more to him. Wanted him to say more

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