Who was I kidding? I was not the kind of person who could live with the guilt for too long. This kind of arrangement with Nicholas would never last. I shouldn't have to hurt Autumn just to prioritize my own short-lived happiness. And if there was one villain and the one cause for this turmoil, wasn’t it Nicholas and his ambiguous attitude? So I was going to tell her. I was going to tell her right away. It’s been a few days since I made that decision. I scrambled back, hitting the wall, when Nicholas closed the distance between us and kissed me. Without hesitation, he followed me and claimed my lips again. My heart was racing out of control. Nowhere to scramble away, I tried to push him away but without his lips even breaking contact, he grabbed my wrists and held them tightly to my

