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I took a deep breath to keeplike a spoiled child"

Another drink, this ti for a refill "Did you co forward and snapping it out of his hands He glared while I took a drink The alcohol left a fiery path as it slid downmy hand to my mouth What the hell was that stuff made out of--acid?

"I came out here to have a rational discussion, to try andover to me I held my breath as he moved closer My eyes h my body when he walked around and stood at ht, ready to snap like a rubber band

"I do understand" His breath was hot againstme for what Aiden did" Dorian brushedso close to my neck the anticipation to feel his lips onI waited

And waited so footsteps I wanted to screalass fro it with another dark colored liquid "I get it; you’re all for fooling around but at the first sign of coet over whatever it is you’re going through" He shrugged "But you’ll have to do it with souy"

If words could crush a person, then his had just left me in a million pieces I felt small and worthless--cheap I couldn’t move, couldn’t speak All I could do was stare across the living room at the lass, unwilling to observe his destruction

Finally lass in my hand toscotch, welco the cup down, I headed toward the hallway but stopped before I reached it

"You know, for so, you’re unbelievably iest hypocrites I’ve ever met" I took a deep breath "The difference between you and me, Dorian, is that I cared for you Can you say as er fading and regret taking its place I didn’t wait to hear what else he had to say; I headed back to the bedroom ready to lose myself, and this conversation, to sleep

Chapter Twenty

I stayed in bed alirl needs soht’s sleep and tiued it always hurts a little but I was uone about it the wrong way, but there orse things We had never sat down and discussed our feelings Hell, up until a few days ago I wasn’t even aware Dorian was capable of such things And I wouldn’t allow my pride to shove all of the blame onto hirace either

Dragging rabbed a handful of clothes and headed to the bathroo for a lifetiues, the VC and a pissed off witch

After I showered and dressed, Imy boots, I sat down and slipped the I’d missed a lot of meals in the past week My nervesback