Rhea POV
“Rhea, you’re lying to me.”
His voice cut through mine, firm in a way he almost never used on me, slicing straight into my chest. “I know you’re going through something, but there’s a limit. I was worried about you and you purposely shut me out. For once, why can’t you be honest with me? I thought we were friends.”
“We are!” I said, desperate now, seeing the hurt in his eyes and hearing the tiny crack in his voice. “And I’m really sorry.”
“For what? What are you sorry for, Rhea?” His voice rose before he forced himself to calm down, inhaling sharply. “Are you sorry for lying to me or for shutting me out?”
He pried my hands off for real this time and turned his back on me like he couldn’t stand to look at me.
My chest clenched painfully.
“Kale, please…” I whispered, reaching
