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“What else do I have to do, dammit? I’ve bared my fucking heart a thousand times. I’ve let you trample on my pride a thousand times more. What else do you fucking need to believe that I love you?”
Tears slipped through her tightly squeezed eyes at his words. MJ knew what he said was true, and she also knew that not believing him was more her fault than his. “I don’t know,” she said finally, wearily. “Every time I want to believe you, something like this happens and I just don’t think...I don’t think I’m cut out for it.”
This time, when she pushed him off her, he let her, and somehow this terrified her. But she didn’t let her fear show, and only the quiver in her voice betrayed her emotions as she whispered, “I don’t think it’s you this time. I think it’s all me. You did your best to be normal, but you...can’t.”
“Stop talking,” Helios said between clenched teeth, his body tense for he already knew what she was about to say, and he didn’t want to hear it.
“You’re Helios Andreadis, and I’m me—”
“I said stop talking,” he roared.
“—and I don’t think I’ll ever be good enough for you.”
The words fell between them like the most fragile glass shattering in the ground, never to be pieced back together again.
A raw look crossed Helios’ face as he looked at MJ, making her cover her mouth because she knew any time now, she would start breaking down.
“Is that it? The first sign of trouble and you bail out? Is that what ‘normal’ fucking means?”
She shook her head, crying silently at the look of betrayal in his gaze. “It just won’t work. You deserve better—”
“No. Don’t do that. Don’t fucking say that. This time, let’s have it all fucking out in the open. You’re the one who wants me to change, and you’re the one who thinks I haven’t changed enough. So this?” Bitterness colored his voice. “You’re the one thinking I’m not good enough for you.”
Chapter Nine
It was only when everyonewas settled in their seats in the common room of the Afxisi’s private jet that Kellion finally asked, “How did MJ take the news?”
Helios answered curtly, “She dumped me.”
Silence.
“Fuck.” Andreus was the first to speak. “Did you explain to her that the photo was taken years ago?”
“She doesn’t believe me.”
“You want me to talk to her?” Yuri offered.
