A Shot of Pretty Poison (Pretty Poison Trilogy #3)

by Kelsey Clayton

never enough. I crave the feeling of Hayes’s bed.

“Ten minutes?” he asks, and I nod. “See, that’s where we differ. You only need ten minutes with me, but I needed the rest of my life with you.”

“There’s a part of me that still loves you,” I say honestly. “There’s always going to be a part of me that still loves you. But right now, there’s a part of me that wants to hate you, and I’m not sure which is stronger.” She sniffles, wiping away her tears and nodding. “I get that. I do.” I get up from the table and put my fist on it. “Just do me a favor?”

“Anything,” she replies, and I know she means that. “Don’t go anywhere until I figure it out.”

“I believe in love,” I say simply. “I just don’t believe in it with anyone but her.”

“I don’t hate you, baby,” I whisper. “I just hate that I wasn’t enough.”

“I would’ve much rather dealt with the fear of losing him again than the emptiness of not having him at all.”

“Please, God,” I beg as the tears start to fall. “Please don’t take her from me. Give her back. I just want her back.”