Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)

by Chloe Walsh

And instead of doing the right thing for me, I did the safe thing for him.

Even now, as I dolled myself up to meet him out in town for his birthday, I couldn’t

silence the voice inside of me that demanded I have some respect for myself. I had always considered myself to be a strong girl, but right now, as I tried to look at myself in the mirror with my head held high, I had never felt like such a fake. So weak. So small. So fucking uncertain.

“You’re not good for me,” she whispered brokenly, clinging to the hand I had wrapped around her. “I get that now.” Her fingers dug into my forearm. “But it doesn’t stop my heart from loving you, or my head from wanting you.”

“You were like an island. Somewhere for me to go and escape. Somewhere safe. Someone to anchor me, if that even makes sense. And I took advantage of that when I had no right to. I was selfish when I dragged you into my world. Now, I need to put you first.”