Sophia
Why was he acting like that? Why was he jealous if he didn’t want anything with me?
“I don’t want to pressure you with the same question again, but I don’t understand why you acted so jealous if you don’t want anything with me. That wasn’t just because you wanted to protect me. Right?”
His eyes locked onto mine like freshly sharpened knives. My question affected him, I noticed it in the way his body tensed again. There was a storm brewing in his gaze and in his mind. A battle with his own fears, his anger, and disappointment. Bright’s breathing was heavy. He didn’t speak. He just stared at me. He was driving me crazy. I wanted to hear him. I wanted him to tell me that he felt something for me. I needed him to say he couldn’t live without me, that he was so damn in love with me he couldn’t stand being apart from me for another minute.
I looked at him the same way. My heart pounded in my ears. A knot was unraveling in my throat. I loved him. I loved him, and my chest burned with
