ONE NIGHT STAND WITH MY STEPBROTHER
He just looks at me with raw, open regret.
“If you hadn’t run,” he repeats, his voice trembling, “things would have been different between us.”
I feel dizzy. Like my whole body is no longer mine.
“That isn’t fair,” I whisper. “You don’t get to say that to me now.”
“Maybe not.” He rakes a hand through his hair. “But it’s the truth Yubi.”
Anger and pain crash through me, tangled so tightly I can’t separate them.
“You don’t get to blame me for leaving,” I say, voice shaking. “You pushed me away. You made me feel like I meant nothing to you”