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Chapter 153
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Brandon’s POVThe glass hit the counter harder than I meant it to, sloshing whiskey over my hand. Didn’t even bother wiping it. Just poured more. The burn in my throat wasn’t enough to drown out his words, not even close.“I regret ever falling in love with you.”God. It just wouldn’t stop replaying. Over and over. His voice, sharp as a knife. His face when he said it—like he hated me.I tipped the glass back again, choking a little. Didn’t matter. Nothing mattered. He didn’t want me. He wanted me out of his life. He said it like I was a mistake. Like I was nothing.I laughed, but it came out broken, bitter. “Nothing,” I muttered, staring at the wall. “That’s what I am to him. Just nothing.”My chest hurt so bad I swore something was cracking inside. I shoved the glass away and dropped my head onto my arms, pressing my forehead against the table. My whole body was buzzing and heavy at the same time. Stupid alcohol. Stupid heart. Stupid me.The door creaked open, and I didn’t even both
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Cameron POVBy the time I got home, I felt like my whole body was running on fumes.I didn’t slam the door when I walked in. I didn’t throw my bag across the room like I wanted to. I just dropped it by the couch and stood there in the silence of the apartment, breathing like I had just finished a marathon. My throat burned, and my chest hurt worse than it ever had after hockey practice.I told Brandon I regretted falling in love with him.The words still rang in my ears like an echo I couldn’t shut off. Over and over again. My voice, cold, sharp, poisonous. And his face when I said it. God, his face.Why did I say that?I sank onto the couch, burying my hands into my hair. My heart was still racing, but this time it wasn’t from anger. It was from guilt. Heavy, suffocating guilt.Because yeah, I was mad at him. Yeah, he hurt me. Lied to me. Trapped me. But regretting falling in love? That wasn’t true. Not even close.I hated that I loved him. I hated that even now, after everything, a
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Cameron POVThe air outside hit me like a slap. Cold, sharp, too real. I tugged my jacket tighter around me and kept moving, my sneakers slamming against the pavement harder than they needed to.I thought I’d feel lighter after saying it. After finally getting the words out, cutting him off, making sure he knew exactly how much I hated what he’d done.But instead, my chest felt like it was splitting open.“Cameron!”His voice carried through the campus gate like it was chasing me. My steps faltered, but I didn’t stop. I couldn’t.“Cam, please—just listen to me!”I froze. My back stiffened, my bag strap digging into my shoulder. Why did he have to sound like that? Rough. Begging. Like he was breaking apart right there in the middle of the street.Slowly, against every part of me screaming to keep walking, I turned around.And there he was. Brandon.Breathless from running after me, his hair sticking up from the wind, his face pale in a way that made something in me ache. He looked… wre
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Cameron POVI shoved my notebook into my bag and forced a polite smile at my tutor. “Thanks for the feedback. I’ll fix the citations.”He gave me the classic professor nod—half approving, half I-know-you’ll-still-mess-this-up—and I dipped out of the office before he could add anything else. My head was already pounding from all the deadlines stacked on top of each other. Midterms. The graduation project. The damn bidding war. And now Brandon’s family showing up like they owned the whole world.Yeah. Perfect timing.Just fucking perfect.I tightened my grip on the strap of my bag and tried to remind myself that at least this part was over. One thing checked off. Only a hundred more left to do before I completely collapsed.But of course, the universe wasn’t about to give me that break.Because the second I stepped out of the hallway, I saw him.Brandon.He was leaning against the wall outside another office, his phone dangling in his hand like he’d just gotten out of a meeting. His hai
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Cameron POVI don’t even remember when I actually fell asleep. One second I was staring at the ceiling, the next I was in this weird, endless place.Fog. Everywhere. Like some cheap horror movie. My shoes crunched on gravel but I couldn’t even see the ground.“Cameron.”The voice came from behind me, sharp enough to cut through the haze. I spun around.Brandon.He was standing there like he always did—messy hair, stupid smirk that usually drove me insane but secretly made my chest warm. But in the dream, he didn’t look warm. He looked… sad.“You left me,” he said quietly.I swallowed. “No. That’s not what—”“You left me,” he repeated, louder this time. His eyes weren’t soft. They were angry. Betrayed.My throat went dry. “Brandon, I didn’t—”But before I could finish, another figure stepped out of the fog.Drake.He looked younger somehow, almost like the first time I met him when he was all awkward and quiet. Except now his expression was calm, too calm, like he’d been waiting for th
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Cameron POVSilence filled the space after that. Not awkward, just… heavy. I could hear the faint ticking of the clock, the hum of the fridge in the kitchen.Then, almost without thinking, I reached out and ruffled his hair. “Go to bed, Drake. You shouldn’t be staying up this late just for me.”His eyes widened, like I’d done something completely unexpected. “You’re… touching my head?”I rolled my eyes. “Don’t make it weird. Just—go to sleep, alright? You’ll mess up your health.”But instead of just nodding and running off, Drake suddenly leaned in and wrapped his arms around me.I froze.Like… completely. My brain short-circuited.“Drake—”His head was pressed against my shoulder, his arms locked tight around my torso. He wasn’t saying anything, just holding on like he was scared I might vanish if he let go.For a second, my instincts screamed at me to push him away. To set boundaries like I always did when he crossed the line. But… I didn’t.Maybe it was the exhaustion. Maybe it was
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