The words began tumbling out of my mouth without a second thought. “I don’t love her, I love you, and if you had stopped making up your mind before I had a second to finish explaining myself, you would’ve realized that this entire time I’ve been trying to give you the space you wanted. I’ve tried to get over you each time you told me you weren’t interested so I could hopefully salvage some shred of my dignity, but all I could think about was you. All I ever think about is you. You’re all I paint for God’s sake.” Exhale. Inhale. “The problem was never that I loved her, because I didn’t. It was
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