Page 238 of Boys Who Taint

That I could die and she could live on …

But I can’t fucking do this without her.

“I …”

“Does it hurt?” she asks.

I shake my head. “Only the thought of losing you now.”

A blush spreads on her cheeks.

What do I say when words fail to explain the depth of my obsession?

“I’m not going anywhere,” she says.

I release her wrist, only to bring my hand to her face instead. Grey’s body tightens as he clutches the doorframe, but Apollo holds him back with a strong hand.

He knows better than anyone what’s possessed me for all these years as I caress her cheek.

For a short moment, she leans into the palm of my hand, and the feeling overwhelms me, making me smile.

Grey’s body visibly relaxes.

“Can’t you tell? He loves her,” Apollo says.

He’s right.

I love her so much that it wounded me to betray her like I did.

The pain cut so deep I was barely able to take it, but I had no other choice.

I had to see it through.

Until she came to find me and flipped my world on its axis.

The truth has a funny way of finding its way back to the surface.

She grabs some of the medical glue and starts patching me up, and I hiss.

“I cut too deep,” Grey says.

I glare at him from underneath my lashes. “It’s just a flesh wound. It’ll heal.”

“I could’ve killed you,” he adds.

“You wish,” I growl.

“I …” He sucks in a breath and sighs out loud. “I’m sorry.”

My eyes twitch.

What the fuck.

He’s apologizing?

After all the times I told him I wanted him dead?

Even Aspen puts the glue down and looks at him. “What did you just say?”

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