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

his fingers gripping my chin so that I look

and I

shaking his head. "Maybe we

leave me alone with my thoughts. "It's

blows out a steady stream of air. "I need to ask you something," he says quietly. "But I don't

whisper,

us is just a bandaid for the pain you feel after

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bark at him. But I catch it. I catch it

For himself.

force myself to exhale slowly.

to figure out if he should even say it. Then, quietly, "We're all so into you. Fuck, I mean, I'm so into you. And I know myself. I know I'm not easy,

I lift an

own is a lot. Together? I feel like it can be overwhelming. And I wonder sometimes if dating the three of us at once is... too much. If you like it because it keeps your mind busy. Keeps you from having to deal with the

hurts, yeah. But he's not wrong. It's not like I haven't

Instead, I lay my head back

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