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Chapter 11 What's Bothering Him?

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Zoe's P.O.V.

"Just stop it, Zoe. You can't always behave like a child."

As his shout echoes in my ears, tears roll down my cheeks. I'm seated in the backseat of a cab, heading back to my apartment.

Although I understand Sky is going through something and is stressed out, his outburst at the cafe is still hurting me.

For the first time, he treated me so harshly when I was just trying to cheer him up. Maybe it's my fault for not giving him space.

But what am I supposed to do? I can't keep myself away from him when he's going through something. It was so hard to spend my days without talking to him when he was out of town for a week. I was hurt and worried about why he wasn't texting or calling me, and when I finally saw him after a week, all bruised, my heart nearly skipped a beat.

I still can't believe that he got involved in a fight. It's a mystery why Sky is behaving so out of character. What's bothering him so much? I'm not convinced that it's just business-related. I feel like he's
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