Jayden's POV
"Are you a plant, Celine?"
The words are too heavy for me to bring myself to say and no matter how much I try to live in denial, the bitter truth stares at me.
It's laced in my scattered room, the atmosphere, her trembling frame.
Fuck!
"Celine, what are you?" I mumble, my lips trembling badly.
"It's not what you think." Her voice is equally shaky.
Oh, Celine!
"The signs were written all over, but I chose to ignore it." I can't hate myself for this, for loving her blindly, for dismissing the negative thoughts just because it's 'Celine'.
My voice is deeply layered with pain, so much pain, and the hurt from betrayal.
"The whole beating, packing your bags, using my phone... Are they all lies? Are they all just part of a freaking plan?"
She mops, her figure ba
