CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
KIERAN
Ever since the day I stopped her from bullying Tatum, I don’t know what ideas she got from my action, but it clearly wasn’t what I was thinking. I did not protect her or save her. She was merely in the way. I did it to protect Aaliyah from herself. I knew that wasn’t the real Aaliyah and this fake empty vessel she was parading around had started to annoy me. It was getting on my nerves although it really shouldn't have.
That just wasn’t her.
She’s all confused for a second so I repeat myself.
“Do you want to be my girlfriend?”
“I … wha.. what do you mean by that?” she stammers, asking with a frown, so I realize I forgot to put it in a more understanding way.
“Can you act?” I asked first.
Asking her to be my girlfriend straight up might have been confusi
