Jacob
I should've tossed the damn key.
The sensible choice, the respectable one. The action of a man with self-respect and a stable relationship.
But I kept it.
In my back pocket, burning like a guilty secret. A physical weight that pressed against me with every step, a reminder of my weakness.
I didn’t breathe a word to Nathan. I wore a smile like a mask, practiced and deceiving, while inside, my mind was a battlefield.
I let him hold me when he sensed my distance, his arms warm and safe, his touch everything Daniel’s wasn’t. And I despised myself for it.
All day, my heart only betrayed me, yearning for a touch I had craved for years.
I told myself I wouldn’t go. That I was stronger than this. That Nathan deserved better than a man who still trembled at the thought of his
