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"I fucked up I know I did"

He sighs "You’re puttingagainst ht now"

"I can’t help the way I feel I can’t help wanting you the way I do"

He looks at the roof, his jaw tight "I can’t" He stops talking, closing his eyes and running his hand down his face "Shit, Tia, I can’t even"

"I get it," I say, my voice small "I doeven if you don’t think I do"

He pins ive it to you straight, because you deserve it that way," he ss and for the first ti to deny I feel so lie I do You h and when I’ood When you shtens when you’re around"

"But?" I croak

"But I care about her, Tia I can’t just turn that shit off Has it di with you? Absolutely There are tiotten to even think about her, and that scares the hell out of oes beyond friendship, but I can’t turn offto, but I can’t I’m in a fucked-up situation, because the truth of it is" He takes a deep breath, closing his eyes "I care about toure out which one is best forthat he’s so honest It hurts, God, it hurts like hell, but I can’t ask any iven me the truth, and I can’t hate him for that

"It hurts et it"

He shakes his head, givingexpression "It’s hard I want to spend time with both of you to be able to make a clear decision, but how the fuck can I ask that of you? Stay bywith another woman? I needed to show her today, for whatever sick reason I needed for her to see you were second best"

Oh god That burns It fucking burns Reality at its hardest

"Are youare you sleeping with her?"

He shakes his head, eyes intense "I haven’t That’s the God-honest truth, Tia I haven’t put my cock inside her since she’s been back, but I can’t promise that won’t happen I knohat it will do to youI don’t want to be thatripped out of n?"

I jerk when I hear Selena’s voice, and I look past him to see her at the door From the look on her face, she doesn’t knoe just did in here, nor did she hear our conversation Reign stares atto her