"Please, just let me explain, Maya."
He sounded desperate for me to listen, but I knew if I went anywhere with him, I wouldn't even need any explanation. He could just smile at me, and I'd forgive him in a heartbeat.
Maybe that was part of my problem. I invested myself too fast and too hard, so now I had to face the consequences of it all.
"Did you kiss her?" I asked, my voice shaking as my eyes met his. Every time I looked into those eyes, I felt an overwhelming amount of love and passion. But now, looking into the same pair of eyes, I felt weak.
"Yes," he mumbled.
Any flicker of hope that I had utterly disintegrated as I slowly sink into the pit that has become my world.
"It's over between us," I gulp down a sob and try to keep my composure for the last time.
"What
