“No.” came his answer. He had the most expressionless look on his face that made a huge gash in my heart. All I ever wanted to do was to protect this man who sat right in front of me, who always made sure I had my breakfast every single morning, who was my shoulder to cry on for the past couple of weeks, who stayed up with me just talking and put up with my nonsense when I insisted on which album we should listen to that evening but all he ever wanted to listen was Taylor Swift. “No is not an option, Jacob.” I said, in the most monotonous voice ever. “We aren’t breaking up just because of this Rosie. Look, I know what’s going on, even before you told me earlier, I knew that you were going to defend someone against Lawson and you’re afraid Lawson might just use me against you if he fi

