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Bölüm 81: Things We've Never Told Anyone

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“Wow,” I murmur, trying to process it all. “That explains a lot, actually.”

He chuckles, but there’s no humor in it. “Yeah?”

“Yeah,” I say softly. “I mean, even back in high school... you were always so upfront. So... intense . I used to think it was just because you were, I don’t know, an arrogant jerk.”

He snorts. “I probably was.”

I shake my head, a small smile tugging at my lips. “No, I get it now. You weren’t just being a jerk. You were scared. Scared of what people would think if they didn’t see you as... perfect.”

Trix doesn’t say anything, but I can see the way his jaw tightens. Like I hit too close to home, but I’m not wrong.

“I never wanted to be perfect,” he says after a while. “I just didn’t want to be a failure.”

Real.

Because, honestly, I get it. That fear of failure? That constant pressure to be more than what you are? Yeah, I know that feeling all too well.

“I feel that,” I say quietly. “I’ve always felt like I was never enough. Like no matter what I did, it
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