Chapter 89

He stumbled backwards a bit like I had physically jabbed him with my words.

I immediately felt a pang of guilt but that only lasted a second.

I had finally let it out.

I had fallen for him in the midst of all this chaos, so quietly that I didn't realize when he rubbed off on me.

But for him, this was all a game.

He looked like he was trying to process what I'd just said as his eyes searched mine.

But I put my guard up and crossed my arms.

The silence between us was so loud and the tension thick but none of us seemed to be ready to break it.

We stayed that way, suspended in time and in each other's gazes.

Mine, firm.

His, confused.

His lips were still swollen and wet from the kiss we just shared making it difficult to focus on my anger.

“Tabitha…” he finally broke the silence.

“Don't,” I cut him off with a shake of my head. “Domt say anything.”

I was so convinced that he was just going to walk all over my feelings that I had laid at his feet with his words and I wasn't sure how much m