I’ve been waiting for him to say those words for over ten years. Instead, the words I heard him say crushed everything I thought I knew about him. He’s staring at me, and for a moment, I see something flash in his eyes, which causes his entire demeanor to shift. It almost looks like regret.
“I don’t want to be your pity f**k, Travis.” He flinches as if I slapped him across the face. Maybe it felt like it. Maybe I meant it as one, too.
“Pity f**k? Is that what you think last night was?” He nearly growls, his jaw tightening.
I shrug, keeping my emotions on the defensive. No matter how my body reacts to him, I need to always stay in control.
“I told you. I wanted to be used and f****d like a meaningless one-night stand, so of course that’s what it was. But I know it wasn’t anything more t
