I was shocked by Aric's declaration that he still loved me. I furrowed my brow as I looked at him because I waited for him to smile and retract what he had said. But that didn't happen. Instead, he repeated his words.
"I still love you so much. I don't know, I know I messed up our relationship but I can't accept that we're over," Aric said.
"What are you talking about, Aric? What can't you accept? You still have the nerve to be emotional like that," I told him.
"I still love you, Isabella. It's still you that my heart longs for. It's still you," he said.
"Nonsense! How can it still be me when you managed to flirt with another woman while we were still together? And now you're telling me that it's still me your heart beats for? What do you think I am? Stupid?"
"I didn't say you were st
