ZAIDEN
Something was wrong with Alyssa, and she had to think i was the biggest i***t on earth to not notice the way her eyes were now almost permanently rounded with terror.
I would tear down the stars from the sky for her and hand them to her on a platter if i could and so i didn’t understand why she thought whatever she was hiding was worth it. I hated how things were with her at the moment, and everything inside of me rebelled at the space i was giving her.
What i wanted to do was tear down all the walls she was building and remind her how good it was between us.
But i couldn’t.
I couldn’t continue to trample over every problem like they were nothing. It was probably what had gotten us to this point. I wanted- no, i needed- Alyssa to take her time to think about us and realize
