“You’re right,” I begin. “I was an asshole. I never should have said what we did was a mistake.” I run my fingers through my hair. “It didn’t take me long to realize that I said those things to protect myself. Finding out Hayden cheated on me fucked with me. But holding on to the memory of you—of us, our night—for the past year and knowing I’d never see you again fucked with me even more.”
