"God, Tessa, I never asked you to fall in love with me. I told you from the start that I couldn't be that guy." My throat tightens. I try to swallow away his words, but they refuse to go down. Let him go. He threw you away. "You're right. I should've stopped this before I got too deeply involved. That's on me." I nod, unable to look at him. My eyes remain down, fixating on my now-trembling hands, twisting the rings on my fingers as I try to hide what this is truly doing to me. "I should've stopped it before you ever made love to me because I can't be that girl, the one who fucks without
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