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Her shoulders slump a little more "I don’t want you to leave, Ford I’m not sure life without you is possible"

"And I’m not sure life with you is possible I can’t watch you with hi with jealousy It infuriates ets what he wants Ronin pulls love towards hih "He only has to ask and love appears in his life And , yet everyone thinks I’m insufferable" I kneel down in front of her and shake my head "Everyone but you, Rook You are the only person on this entire Earth I care about And you belong to someone else And if it were anyone but him I’d just take you and say fk the consequences But you chose one of two people ill stand by h these days I count Ronin as a friend, and I would never betray hi jealous His life since Antoine has been one long string of lucky breaks And every day I ask et you? Why does he deserve this luck and I’ and stand up and her eyes followher head tilt

It takes every ounce of willpower not to slip rasp the back of her neck, pull her towards ht now I don’t feel these things, Rook Ever When did I become capable of jealousy?" I huff out some air "Well, it’s not really a ed me, Rook You make h I know you’ll pick h I want you to er, just like IAnd since I can’t have it all, I’ll take nothing"

She stares up at me in silence, the shock of my words displayed on her face

I can’t stand to see the hurt in her eyes I can’t stand to see her fear and sadness as the realization of what’s happening finally sinks in

So I do what I have to do I make it worse

So she’s left with no more doubts about what kind of man I am So she will release her hold onat o and move on

I turn away

I walk out

And I never look back