I pulled my hand harshly against his grip. Fueled by my intense and mixed emotions, I raised my voice at him, not minding how awful I look with the tears in my cheeks.
"You don't know the pain, the struggle that I have gone through just to survive that f*cking assault! I felt deprived. I lost my identity. I lost myself in the process. Then I went here to begin again but I saw you. Do you know why I hated you the moment we saw each other? Because you reminded me of that guy...so much. But I gave myself a chance. I gave you a chance. And I gambled when I couldn't stop falling for you," my voice cracked miserably.
"You taught me how to love, Apollo. I gambled because I love you too. I wanted to give myself a chance to be happy, to own you even for a short time. But I don't want to be selfi
