Chapter 157

Don't Want to Talk-1

The movie plays on the screen while Zaid's hand rests on my thigh. He's rubbing circles into my skin, but all it does is make me annoyed that it's really the only contact I've gotten all day.

I ignore the comments the guys make as they point out the flaws in the movie. Usually I'd join in, but tonight I can't seem to care.

I'm sitting between Zaid and Aiden, while Jake is on the recliner on his own.

They've all been a bit quieter today. Weirdly quiet.

Like I might break if they even look at me too hard. It's pissing me off.

They're walking on eggshells. Not flirty. Not playful. No teasing. Like they all know what today is and they think I'm going to shatter any second. Like I haven't been walking around with this day carved into me every day for the past two years.

I clench the blanket around me tighter, digging my nails into the fabric to keep the sting in my eyes from turning into something worse.

I don't want to cry. I don't want to feel it.

When the movie ends, Aiden leans forward to shut the TV off, but I grab the remote first.

"Wait, I'm not tired. I'm going to put something else on," I say, clicking through the apps to choose another one.

Absolute silence is what I get from them all.

"You guys good with this one?" I ask, my voice flat.

eyes

His gaze just darkens, his nostrils flaring like he's

Want to

breathing going soft

the screen, not really watching. I let my

Not right now.

looking at Jake. I figure

"It's late, you know."

jump from where I'm sitting and look

head.

the remote loose in my hand. My eyes drop to my

and I don't want to

before I hear

he's already

don't hesitate. My body has been craving his

lap, wrapping

He smells like soap and clean clothes, like he could be someone steady in the middle of all my

just tears me apart. I shake my head,

"Alina, I'm so sorry-"

"I don't want

and he swallows thickly. He

pull me out of myself, like he's trying to anchor me here, right

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