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Author: J.O
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-01 17:38:41

JESSICA

I sat there, stunned, trying to make sense of what Liam had just said. The words hung in the air, thick and heavy, clinging to the tension already stretched too tight between us.

"Wait... what?" I asked, my voice hitching on an awkward laugh, hoping I’d misheard him. Or maybe hoping I hadn’t.

He didn’t look at me. Just picked up his plate like we were talking about the weather. "Never mind," he muttered, already turning toward the sink.

"No." I stepped forward, my heart suddenly racing, the air charged with something electric. "Say it again."

He paused. His back tensed like he was about to argue. But then he exhaled, slow and deliberate, and turned to face me.

His eyes met mine. No flinching. No games.

"I like having sex with you," he said, voice even. "That’s it. It’s not complicated."

My breath caught. My entire body pulsed. God.

He was always doing this. Being blunt and raw and saying things I didn’t know how to process. I should’ve been offended, maybe. Or confused. But I
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  • THE WEIGHT OF LOVING YOU   031

    JESSICA I was pacing.Up and down the glossy white tiles of the lobby, heels clicking, heart pounding, phone clutched in my hand like it had answers. It didn’t. Just a black screen, a stupid lock screen photo of Liam kissing my cheek that made my stomach twist.The building was nearly empty. Receptionist gone. Security guard half-asleep by the revolving doors. Even the janitor had finished for the day. It was just me and the soft hum of silence.I checked the time again—7:56 p.m.“He said four,” I muttered under my breath, like saying it out loud would rewind the clock or bring him walking through the doors with that lazy grin of his.I tried calling one more time.Straight to voicemail. Again.I swallowed hard, then bit the inside of my cheek because I knew what came next. That familiar tightness in my chest, the disappointment slowly crawling up my spine, curling around my throat like it had a right to be there.This morning had been... perfect. He’d kissed my neck, slow and teasi

  • THE WEIGHT OF LOVING YOU   030

    LIAMI got to the office before anyone else. The silence was a relief—but also a trap. No buzzing phones, no knocking doors, no casual chatter in the hallway. Just me. And my thoughts.Lately, those were the worst things to be alone with.I didn’t even pretend to get settled properly. My phone was already in my hand before I sat down. Not to check emails. Not to read through my to-do list or glance at the agenda Jen probably left on my desk. I went straight to Instagram. Straight to her.Samantha’s message was still unopened, sitting there like it had been waiting for me all night.I tapped it.It was a photo—one she’d sent late, sometime after midnight. Azalea was on a red slide, cheeks puffed out from laughing, hair flying around her face in wild, beautiful curls. There was something so free in that moment, so untamed. I could almost hear her laugh echoing through the photo.God. She looked so much like Mason.Too much.My thumb hovered over the heart button. I hesitated. For no r

  • THE WEIGHT OF LOVING YOU   027

    JESSICA I woke up still tangled in Liam’s arms, his legs wrapped around mine, his chin nudging my shoulder like he’d been there for hours. Maybe he had. The sheets were a mess around us—warm, wrinkled, and smelling like sleep and sex and him.His fingers were already on my arm, brushing up and down, slow and lazy, like he had nowhere else to be. And maybe he didn’t. But I did. Which was why I groaned and tried to roll away.He held me tighter.“Oh please,” I murmured, teasing, “don’t start this morning.”“Start what?” His voice was low, still rough with sleep. And somehow smug.“You know what.”Liam didn’t answer. He kissed my shoulder. Then my neck. His hand slid up, cupping my breast like it was his favorite thing to hold.I bit back a gasp. “Liam…”“Do you really have to go to work?” he asked, voice muffled against my skin.“Yes,” I breathed, even though my hips were already arching into his. “Don’t play with me right now.”“Can’t you work somewhere else?” His fingers dragged over

  • THE WEIGHT OF LOVING YOU   028

    JESSICA I practically dragged Ava by the hand into the hospital ward, weaving through nurses and carts and that persistent smell of antiseptic. My heart thudded harder than it should’ve—equal parts guilt and adrenaline.“Let’s go,” I said, breathless. “I’m not letting you play it down anymore.”Ava mumbled something like, “Jess, slow down,” but I wasn’t having it. Not after everything she’d just told me. Not after weeks of me rambling about Liam and stolen kisses and every selfish thought while she carried this in silence.We turned into a private room, and just like that, Ava let go of my hand and rushed forward.“Mom!” she said, voice higher, brighter. “How are you feeling?”Her mother—Mrs. Carter to everyone but me—looked up from the hospital bed, cheeks flushed with life. “Better now that I see you two still joined at the hip.”I laughed, but it caught halfway up my throat. The room was small, clinical, a little too quiet. One glance at the IV line and those scratchy sheets, an

  • THE WEIGHT OF LOVING YOU   027

    JESSICA I got to the restaurant fifteen minutes early, because of course I did. That’s who I am... nervous, overthinking, playing with the corner of the napkin like it might whisper the answers I couldn’t text out loud. The waitress smiled politely as I crossed and uncrossed my legs, phone buzzing softly in my lap, but none of the messages were from Liam.I hated that it bothered me.After everything last night—his hands, his mouth, the way he dried me off with that stupid fine ass towel like I was glass.It should’ve been easy to sit here and wait, but it wasn’t. It felt like something was hanging between us still. Something heavy. Something new.“Would you like to order while you wait?” the waitress asked, and I shook my head quickly.“I’m waiting for someone,” I said, offering a polite smile before texting Ava again. I’m already here. Don’t flake on me.I caught my reflection in the back of the spoon and smiled like a lunatic. I looked...lighter. Still tired. Still sore. But happ

  • THE WEIGHT OF LOVING YOU   NOTE FROM O.J✨️

    Okay, I had to drop this note real quick because… WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?! 😭😭😭 Like, is it just me, or did this chapter have you kicking your feet too?! Be honest. Personally? I’m a sucker for yearning. The slow burn. The little touches. The looking-but-not-saying. The “I made you pasta and kissed your shoulder and fed you with one fork like a man possessed by soft husband energy” kind of love??? Ugh. It gets me every. single. time. I’m literally throwing my legs up right now wishing I was in that shower with them — yes, even when the shampoo got in Jessica’s eye. Worth it. But listen, lowkey… I need to know what’s going on in Liam’s mind too. Because this man? All that husband material behavior?? Feeding her. Bathing her. Dressing her. Whispering "You're it for me" like it was nothing??? SIGN ME UP. Anyway, tell me what you're thinking, because I’m not okay. I’m not okay at ALL. Love & longing, — Me, your author who is currently melting into a pillow over this fictional m

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