“I fucking idolized you.” Those wide eyes still trace back and forth over my mouth as he gives me his soft admission. “I hated losing to you . . . but I loved seeing you win.” Raging heat floods my body, hearing him finally say those words out loud. “It’s so fucked up.” Kayce wets his lips, and I feel like we’ve plummeted out of space and time. “All I ever wanted was for you to succeed. Even if it came at my own goddamn cost.”
