Nate’s smile only grew. “Anything else?” What else could there be? I bit back a growl. Apologizing was already difficult enough. I had only apologized to one person in my life, and that was Mom. The only other person who deserved my apology didn’t want it, and that was Kayden. All Nate had to do was take this single apology and never count on another one. “No, that’s it.” Nate chuckled before pulling me into a quick hug. He slapped my back as I tried to shove him off, hating the affection. “Buddy, I missed your negativity,” he said, still grinning in my face. I lifted my brows, “Negativ—what?” “Never mind. You wouldn’t understand, ” Nate brushed it off with a shrug, then he slung his arm over my shoulder as we began walking, yet again showing affection which I was so heavily agains

