“You okay?” I faked a smile and nodded as we packed our things into Aly's car.“Look at me.” I didn’t want to. He’d know that I was lying and he’d see the tears in my eyes.Instead, he hugged me and told me it’d all be okay.“I’ll fix this. I promise you.” I balled his shirt in my fist, ruining the straight outlines. He’d mistaken my tears for that of longing. There was that too.He held my jaw and placed a kiss on my lips, a bone-crushing kiss of promise and I held on like my life depended on it until I was forced to leave.He couldn’t return with us because that would mean we were together, at least for the one who bothered to find out.“I’ll see you later.” He placed another kiss on my lips, this time short and accompanied with a kiss on the forehead.I wiped my face and got into the car.“Hey, it’s going to be all right.” I said nothing till we pulled up at Aly’s house. It was one hell of a drive and I just wanted to lay my head down. At least till I figured out a way to tell Jare
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