chapter seventy-three

JADE POV

"I like you," Justin says, intertwining our hands.

"Why don't you love me?" I insist, confused, pulling away instantly.

"Why do you have to ruin this moment?" he says angrily.

"Why can't you just love me?" I say with tears in my eyes. "Enough," I add, taking him off me and grabbing his clothes scattered on the floor. "It's always like this. You come, have sex with me, and leave," I say, wrapping the sheet around my body and standing in front of him.

"But I'm also faithful and respectful to you," he says, puffing, as if that's enough.

"Look, I need someone willing to be with me and not give me the impression that it could end at any second," I say, swallowing my tears and responding seriously, shrugging, trying not to care.

"What do you mean by that? Are you breaking up with me, is that it?" he asks incredulously.

"Ending, Justin? How could I end what never existed?" I shrug, trying to seem like I don't care.

"What do you mean it never existed? I've been sleeping with you for