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He stops too.
He’s just so goddamn... tall. He's staring at me with concern etched into his face. A caring look - a look that is totally focused on me and nothing else. It sets off something inside me to feel regarded like this, but I still remain firm and deliver back my stern expression.
We’re both facing each other like some sort of Mexican stand-off.
I really take the time to glare at him before I speak.
Steady yourself, Emma. No outbursts of emotion. No crying.
“You really shouldn’t be sorry about her,” I reply. “You really must realize that you are in a different class to me, August. You really should be with a woman like Octavia.”
“She was just a date my mother set me up with,” he replies.
I sigh and drop my arms.
“I don’t want to hear you tell me that you think about me every day,” I say quietly. “Please don’t come barging into the restroom as I work to tell me that crazy stuff. Do you know how painful it is? Those kind of words only break my heart.”
August nods and steps towards me.
“I know,” he whispers. “I know it breaks your heart. It breaks mine.”
He takes another step towards me. I do nothing to stop him. I don’t say anything even as he comes right up to me and tenderly places his hand on my cheek.
“Itreallybreaks my heart,” I whisper.
“It breaks mine too,” he replies, his voice just as soft. “It breaks my heart every single day we’ve been apart.”
And then he kisses me.
And I immediately pull back.
“August...”
I’m protesting even though my heart to telling me with everything it’s got that I should kiss this man back.
What is wrong with me?
I should despise his guts.
“Tell me,” August whispers, taking a step closer to me. “Do you like me, Emma?”
I’m breathing heavily. My heart is racing. There is a twister of emotions flying around my head.
“Ihateyou,” I reply.
August is completely expressionless.
“Say that again,” he murmurs, even more quietly.
My conviction falters. My venom wavers.
I am losing the battle with my heart.
“I... hate...”
But, before I can get my words out, he is kissing me again.
And this time I don’t stop him.
