“I’m sorry,” I said again. “For how much I tried to push you away.” “You were only protecting yourself,” he said. “And I went about this the worst way possible. I should have just approached you after Tommy fled and laid all my cards on the table, told you that he’d threatened to kill me and that’s why I lied about us being together back in high school.” I went completely still against him. “He … what?” Understanding washed over me, the puzzle pieces finally clicking into place. All this hurt, all this heartache, a decade’s worth of baggage, and somehow, it all came back around to my fucking
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