BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.
Those words echoed in my mind, reflected through the room, and rolled back right at me from the ceiling. Being alone made it worse. It made everything become completely worse. I thought it would be better because no one could face the humiliation of saying those words to the man who was responsible for my abuses, but it was worse. Because I only had myself to judge.
And like everybody said, your mind was the biggest bully in your life.
I swallowed hard, waiting for the response that had not come. Soon, it would be nothing. Maybe I scared him off. Rhys was never the type to say all these things. Even after telling me about his past, he was still not going to be the kind of person that I had always wanted. He was not open, not available, and definitely would never let
