More than Lust

I stared at her, her face was red, she was angry. Her breath was ragged, showing how furious she was and how difficult it was to keep it under control.

I remembered that we had had this conversation once before, how she asked me if I was having fun making Jacob sad.

“I just needed to get away from him before I hurt him with my words." I finally confessed.

“Getting away is hurting him." She retorted, but she was mild now.

“I feel like he might stop loving me." I told her, looking down at the plate.

I no longer had any appetite, I had eaten enough and the food felt like a slab of rock in my belly, I wanted to vomit but I was scared that it was no longer food, it was like concrete in my belly.

I heard Kylee exhale and sigh afterwards.

“Oh baby..." She said to me as if she was talking to a dying child.

I looked up at the figure approaching, it was Gabriel. Kylee followed my line of vision and she shot me an apologetic look when she turned back to me.

“I'm sorry, I could only keep him at