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"You started this by kissingme the way you do! You wantedover th, and I can’t keep living like this anymore It hurts too much to be in love with someone that doesn’t want me as much as I want him"

Tears fell from my eyes It was like a dam had burst I’d sed up the pain and it had sat there, swelling and swelling behind er I wiped them away I’d revealedI was sure he wasn’t prepared for But it was true, and I was sick of pretending

Carter was stunned speechless, to say the least For a second I considered takinghappened, but the easy way out see to do, and I didn’t want to be that for another second

"You already know h his shock "So that’s it then, huh? You’re going to break this off because of soiving"

I just shookto yourself You know you wantYou know it could be evenYou know I love you You’ve always known it"

He stilled again, sing hard He didn’t look me in the eye as he backed away to the doorway slowly "I’m sorry you feel that way"

My ut

Or burnedleft

He was sorry I loved hiht you were," I muttered lifelessly

He turned away just then and left the room He didn’t come back He didn’t say another word to ht

I stood in the centre of the rooest time in a complete daze It was sheer force that o of his words, and I was fighting back another dam of tears

That was it? We were done just like that? Because I wantedfor hiht and telldecision But he didn’t

Instead, I was more confused as ever My hopes had been squandered I’d spent so long believing in hi he would realize what I ht went to shit

Carter

I wasn’t capable ofbeautiful without the pain

I should have realized they came hand in hand

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