Aldo
Layla stared back at me with those heart-melting doe eyes and a desperate look that was seconds away from starting a whole new argument.
“Then I guess that makes me selfish too,” Layla said firmly.
A short laugh escaped the back of my throat when, really, all I wanted to do was break down. I was both angry and relieved that I still had her in my life. I was anxious and hopeful. Scared and desperate to keep things together.
I’d never say it because that would be beyond unfair and cruel. But I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I ever ended up losing her. Her or Eli.
I had barely managed to survive walking away from her all those years ago...There was no chance in hell that I would survive losing her a second time. Both of us knew it too.
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