Chapter 156

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And for a second, I don't breathe. My chest is tight, and I can't tell if it's fear or something else twisting inside me.

Because I know Aiden cares about me.

I know Jake does, too.

But Zaid?

Zaid looks at me like he'd already chosen me a long time ago, and now he's just waiting for me to catch up. And it's not subtle.

It's consuming.

I feel something crack open inside of me when I realize it. Something dangerous. Because when I look at him, I feel it too."

And then my mind panics. Because what about Aiden? What about Jake? I love them, too.

Don't I? Do they make me feel like this? Do they look at me like this?

but my brain shuts down, my heart stuttering as I press the thoughts away. I don't want to

his head, his fingers gripping my chin so

burns me, and I

shaking his head. "Maybe we can

leave me alone

blows out a steady stream of air. "I need to ask you something," he says

whisper, my throat

breath. "Do you feel like... being with us is just a bandaid for the pain you feel

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first instinct rises fast. Deflect, be on the defensive, bark at him. But

me. For himself. For all

force myself to exhale slowly. "What do

so into you. Fuck, I mean, I'm so into you. And I know myself.

I lift an

I wonder sometimes if dating the three of us at once is... too much. If you like it because it keeps

But he's not wrong. It's not like I

I lay my head back on

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