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"Nate"

"Just for a second," he says, his voice low and pained "I want to stop feeling this pain Is it so much to fuckin’ ask for one second?"

Tears leak from my eyes as I stare up into his I want hio I have to leave

"Nathaniel?"

The sound of a male voice causes hi at the end of the trucks He doesn’t even notice me as he steps forward "What the fuck was that out there?"

"Nothin’," Nate growls

I take a step back and Nate’s hand drops froo

"That’s the second race you’ve fucked up," the h"

"You think I don’t fuckin’ know that?" Nate roars

"Then try harder"

Another step Then another

"Get your shit together, Nate," he snarls "Or you’ll have no fuckin’ career"

He turns and walks off, and Nate spins around, driving his fist into the side of the truck again I want to run, but seeing hiinI can’t leave him like this I rush forhen his fist rears back, and I curl ers around his arm He flinches and looks down at ed breath he takes

"Stop You’re scaringaround and lifting ainst the truck "Scaring you? I wish to fucking God I scared you, Avery Because then maybe you wouldn’t look at me with that kind of fuckin’ love in your eyes The kind of love I can’t get out of my head"

My lower lip trembles as I look up at hio, Nate," I say,

"So you can run? So you can pretend seeing o," I cry, squir "I don’t want to be here I don’t want to"

"Liar," he roars "Don’t you lie to me, Avery You want this as much as I do; you always did Admit it Ad harder "I can’t survive without you, but you gave ave me no choice I don’t want anyone else I don’t want to breathe without you I just want you, because I fucking love you I kno much it burns"