He pulls away, but his grip on either side of my face stays strong. “The easiest thing I’ve ever done is like you, Cami. Even when I thought I hated you, I liked you.” My eyes burn so badly that I have to close my eyes to avoid the pain. I don’t want to cry. I shouldn’t cry. His words are sweet and everything I need to hear. It’s just that I didn’t realize how badly I needed to hear them until he said them out loud. I know that to anyone else, his words might not even matter, but to me, they mean everything. I’m not known to be the most likable person. People don’t gravitate toward me the way
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