You deserve more than my conflicted ass running hot and cold on you every other damn minute.” “Shut up.” I blinked. “What…?” “I said, shut up,” Holden snapped. “You’re worried about what I deserve? As if you have the monopoly on being fucked up. I have trust issues. I don’t set healthy boundaries. I close down emotionally before people get too close, and I sabotage relationships because I want to be the one who leaves first.”
