GoodRead"If it wasn't, you wouldn't be dragging Ron into all-night work sessions or sneaking cigarettes.
Sometimes, I'd catch a faint whiff of smoke on him, something he only did when he was seriously troubled.
His eyes narrowed slightly. "You're right-1 do love you. So yeah, this hurts."
He was hurting too?
Those words only made my own pain flare, the sting of betrayal even sharper. "Then why are you still breaking
up with me?"
Hayden's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed. "I love you, Keira, but not enough to watch you risk your life for
another man while you're with me."
"| already told you-that doesn't mean I love him. | was just-
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He cutoff. "Even if you don't love him, it's still not okay. When you're with me, your life should be mine. If
you can give it up so easily for someone else, then maybe you don't loveenough." His words felt so unfair,
and my frustration rose up. "I-"
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"Keira, you once toldthat if you love someone, it has to be with your whole heart. | feel the same. Do you get
that?" He interrupted again, leavingspeechless.
It wasn't that | didn't love him completely. But the truth was, I'd nearly risked my life to save Jace.
It remindedof my twith Jace. He'd said he loved me, but he'd always chosen Tanya, leavingbehind
again and again.
I'd sworn I'd never treat someone the way Jace had treated me. Yet here | was, hurting Hayden in the sway.
This was on me. My fault.
I moved closer, gripping his hand tighter. "Hayden, | was wrong. | swear it won't happen again. Can we... give
this another chance?"
He stayed silent, and | looked up at him, feeling a humility I'd never felt before. "I don't want to break up. I love
you. So much."
More tears spilled over, stinging as
they fell, and | pressed against, Rig,
chest, wr pping Ty Aris arou nd his
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My tears soaked into his neck as | held him close, his familiar scent filling my senses.
Holding him again felt like everything
I'd lost was suddenly withi reach
like he qu ake rene Fora
sbedhd, | thought his silence meant
he was softening, ready to give in.
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But then he spoke, shattering that hope. "Keira, | don't make decisions lightly. Once I've made up my mind, |
don't go back."
My arms around his neck froze, going still.
| knew what he meant. He was
serious about ending things, refusing
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