Chapter 52

You'll Hate Me-2

"Is that were his scars are from?" I whisper.

Aiden frowns, eyes turning dark. "What?"

I exhale a dry breath, immediately regretting my words. This is a conversation we

cannot have now, especially when he's drunk. I clear my throat and instead answer his question. "No... I didn't know that."

He frowns, but he continues, slumping into the bench. "Mom died, but he walked away. Only scratches."

I reach out to him, running my fingers through his hair. "That's why you hate him?"

He begins to nod but then he catches himself. "No."

His eyes shut close as he now shakes his head. He hisses through the pain in his head and slides down until his ass is on the floor and his back against the edge of the bench.

He leans his head to the side and it falls against my thight.

I watch him, but I'm not here. My heart is hammering in my chest. I'm thinking about Zaid and the scars he showed me in the bathroom. The conversations we had in the diner. the way he looked so broken to know that I chose Aiden over him.

"He never talks about it, you know?"

himself, so I don't say anything. But in my head I remember Zaid's words: No one asks me about her. No one

one that

Just... acts like it didn't

struggling to hold back whatever's bubbling

you asked him about it?"

He laughs. "Fuck no."

I swallow.

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rumble in his throat, he stands up. "But that's not even all

voice is wide, breaking rhrough the air as I watch him with wide eyes. He paces in front of me until

whispers. There's a raw vulnerability in his eyes that pulls at my chest. He's being honest, open. Moreso than he's been since Zaid confronted him

the spike in my heartbeat, my ears ringing as I stay quiet. Maybe it'll keep

When he opens them, they're

he finally going to tell me what he's been hiding? "It's okay, you can tell

crumples his expression. "What if telling you means I lose you, too?" His voice breaks, and

"What do you mean?"

says, a haunted look in his eyes. "If you knew everything, you'd look at

me, I have to

he only shakes his head, his face filled with defeat. "You'll break up

to stop."

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