Evil Love

by Ella Fields

In the camera, a dark green suit and slivers of skin could be seen, the rest of his hands inside his pockets. “Seriously?” I called and turned down the volume as he rounded the car and opened my door. “What are you doing?” “Out. We are enemies on the same team, get in my car.”

“But I give in. I fucking surrender, Fern. I’ll drown in the dark forever if it means I get you.”

“Forgive me,” he rasped. “Forgive me for falling in love with you the wrong way.”

“You know, I thought I’d been in love.” My eyes finally darted to Jude’s balcony. “But then you stampeded into my life and showed me otherwise.”