“I love him.” Who are you trying to convince here, Jasper? “I can do that,” he said. “Our relationship, or whatever this is”—I gestured between us—“shouldn’t come between my relationship with him.” You’re making a bad decision, Jasper. My conscience kept pounding away at me. “If you’re happy, I won’t interfere—” “That isn’t good enough,” I snapped urgently. “You can’t expect me to sit idle and watch you be hurt. That’s a promise I can’t make. But if you’re happy with him…” He drifted off on a swallow as if preparing for the pain of his next words. “If he’s good to you, then you have nothing to
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