Chapter 0208

Seeing it hurt me in ways I couldn’t have imagined before.

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He’d kissed me in the hallway. He’d almost kissed me in self–defense practice.

I hadn’t considered he would be kissing other people too.

“Piper…” he said again, softer.

I couldn’t even bear to look at him. I turned my shoulder to him and dropped my gaze to the floor.”

Please go clean up. Then we can talk.”

He was rarely uncertain, but he shifted awkwardly on his feet now. “Very well. I’ll be right back.” He

turned toward the door, and I did not look up again until he had walked through it.

Both Mark and Charlotte were looking at me. I felt judged.

Charlotte glanced away but Mark didn’t. He didn’t say anything, didn’t even hold an expression, but I

radiating off of him in

heart, I understood

been doing it with, he had dropped all of it

okay. In order of his priorities, I ranked

a bad situation. I knew, maybe

unkind to

handkerchief?” I asked Mark.

reached into his pocket and then produced a soft blue

you’ll excuse me a moment,” I said, and rushed out

hadn’t gone far. He was only a few steps down the hallway,

sleeve, “Damn it all,”

approached behind him.

voice, and quickly turned. His eyes met mine, but

up with the handkerchief and wiped away the remaining smudges

lips and chin

very still

my hand. “I’m sorry,” I said. “It’s not my place to keep you from the other girls. But when I thought of you

was monotone.

out of sheer embarrassment, but I

  1. unfair to want to keep you for myself, when we

of you with one

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