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?

my heart stuttering as I press the thoughts away.

fingers gripping my chin so that I look at

burns me, and I struggle to speak.

"Maybe we can talk about it

can't leave me alone with my thoughts.

need to ask you something," he says quietly. "But I

whisper, my

a breath. "Do you feel like... being with us is just a

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Deflect, be on the defensive, bark at him. But I catch it. I

For me. For

force myself to exhale slowly. "What do you

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, that I can be

lift

the three of us

sit with that. It hurts, yeah. But he's not

at first. Instead, I lay my head

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