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It’s genuine

It’s pure

Roman was meant to be in my life, and I was meant to be in his--of that I’ood," he s

I can see it in his face

Those brown eyes will always tell the tales he thinks he keeps hidden

"Of course," I say

I walk into the kitchen and try to make the conversation as easy as possible

"Hoork?"

"It was okay," he says, sitting down on the kitchen stool and watching oing to happen I can feel it, right down toyour heart with both hands, squeezing it tight,you feel so sick you wonder if you’ll even be able to stand It’s the feeling you get when you know so is about to tear you in two

"You’re not," I say softly, and"It’s because she’s aith that other guy, isn’t it?"

He flinches Dao out to him To me, all this is so clear, but when you’re in love, when you’re giving your heart to sos they’re doing Ro onto threads of a relationship he cherished, but she severed the cordhim

I hope Karma eats her alive

"I’m sorry, Roman," I say, and I mean it

I a, but mostly I hate that he’s in so much pain and can’t find any relief fro so to, and then having it co forward

"I think right noe should definitely stop sleeping together," I say, and I know in that

He’s not ready I kneasn’t ready I know, for a while, when she backed off and he started to feel good again, that he thought he was ready and everything he said was real I believe that because Roe I was the one in this situation without intense eiven hirees "I think so"

I flinch

I didn’t think those words would hurt as much as they do

He looks up atonto him and tell him it’ll be okay But I can’t He has to learn this one And I think he’s going to have to learn it the hard way I hate that for him He doesn’t deserve it Nobody does, but Roman is the best kind, and he shouldn’t have to feel this kind of pain I wish I could o away for him

"I still love her," he says, his voice thick "I was over it but "

"You weren’t over it-" I interrupt

He jerks back, looking a little pissed "I was over it"

"Roht you were over it You believed you were over it But if you were over it, you wouldn’t just fall back in love with her"

My hands start shaking Dammit Don’t cry, Molly Do not cry His words repeat over and over in my head I still love her I still love her I still love her