It's Not About You Novels & Stories

' His tone was flippant, teasing, but his thumbs were pressing into her flesh, and she wondered, briefly, if there was a chance she might matter to him more than he wanted her to know. Even so, she shook her head. She had to. 'No, I don't think we can. You see, to me, you're not just an itch that will go away the moment I give it a good scratch.' Brand's eyebrows shot up, and to further confuse her he laughed. 'An itch? Isabella, I promise you I've never thought of you as an itch. As you say, itches eventually go away.' His lips twitched. 'You seem not to.'

Nothing about his look tells me this is a good thing. ##########

"About who?" "You!"

Not about Kyle. Not about myself. Not about everything. Not even about the life I thought I had lived.

When I just got out of rehab, I saw a parked Audi. This luxury car appeared out of place next to the small rehab center. I glanced at it and was about to leave. The person who got out of the car called me. It was Mark. He looked more mature than three years ago. But I only took one glance at him.. My teacher at the rehab said it was impolite to stare at others, especially someone you liked. Having spent three years at the rehab, I had been completely brainwashed by teachers there.

“I don’t..what is it? Hmm? How come..all these weeks, these past months that I took care of him. I did everything for him without even ..I did everything wholeheartedly and when he fell sick..Nothing, nothing I did felt like it was working. And you..you come in..One day! And Bam! He’s up and about, smiling and cheerful again! Why? What do you have that I don’t? Hmm? Tell me! What did I do wrong?” Siri made to hold young man’s arm again, but Aroon shrunk back even as he screamed, “Tell me! What is it?!!” “Aroon..it’s not you. It’s just timing..it’s fate. I ..I was just there first.” “You were there first? ..But you are married!!”

[ I'm not doing this for myself. [ I know, and I love that about you. Believe it or not. ] •

What does he mean by that it wasn't him? "If it wasn't you then who was it?"

No sane person would say this about himself. "You are not!"

Stop thinking about it! ****