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“No God no” She opened her door and walked in, blocking hi “Look, I love you You know I do But I need to be alone right now I need to think”

He nodded “Yeah Sure”

“Thanks”

After closing the door in his face, she leaned against it and let out a long breath Sinking to the floor, she dropped her head on her knees Maybe she shouldn’t have run away like that What if, by so shot of fate, he’d been about to tell her he wanted iven him the chance to talk

Maybe, just maybe, she would have liked whatever he’d been about to say But she’d left Hadn’t listened What the heck was she supposed to do now? Go back and say, “Well, you know, maybe I’ll listen to you after all Sorry for that dramatic exit”

Someone knocked on the door, and she had no doubt who it was Steven, of course He never could leave her alone when she was upset, which was ad under her breath, she stood up and cracked the door open “Steven I told you to—”

The words died in her throat Because Holt stared back at her through his thick-rilasses and slid his foot in the crack of the door “Don’t close the door in ive me a second to explain Please”

“I-I won’t”

He nodded once, but didn’t see sorry I said the things I did I didn’t mean them I swear it I was an idiot”

She gripped the door, not opening it, but not closing it either She’d been wishing that she had given hiic Now, it was tis, exactly?”

“I didn’t lose the feeling I don’t think I ever will And you’re right, I shouldn’t have lied to get rid of you, but I thought I was being noble or some shit like that” He rested a hand on the wall outside her door, staring at her with those deep blue eyes of his that killed her “I swear on ain”

She choked on a laugh “Um…okay”

“And I swear to never lie to you again I won’t try to protect you froether froain Hell, if you take me back, I’ll shout it from the rooftops Tattoo it on my forehead Whatever the fuck you want”

Shaking her head, she forced herself not to laugh This was the rovel ever, but it was perfect, because it was so very Holt She al, because then he would stop And he was saying the best things “Holt…”

“Life is filled with choices that lead us down roads And you knohat sucks? The roads you don’t take never get explored The choice I made the other day led me down a road I didn’t want to take” He sed hard “I don’t want to leave the road that ould have lived on untouched I don’t want to be the other me, the one who let you leave I want to be the me that keeps you by my side forever”