Page 140 of Marked By the Pack
“Is everything okay?”
“Yes. No? I don’t know.”
“You’re kind of freaking me out, Zoey.”
“Could you just get everyone?”
He nodded. “But is this about me not coming over last night? Because the easiest solution is that you just move in here. With us. I haven’t brought it up to the guys yet, but I know they’ll agree.”
Did he just ask me to move in with him? I was going to start crying all over again.
“Or…not.” His smile was gone. “I wasn’t trying to upset you. I just missed you and…”
“It’s not that, Otto. I actually really like that idea. But I… I just… Can you please go get everyone? I need to talk to all of you.”
He nodded. “Okay. I’ll be right back.”
His hand fell from mine. I felt cold as soon as I stopped touching him. I wrapped my arms around myself as I watched him go up the stairs.
Otto wanted me to move in.
I wanted that. I’d just been thinking about a future with him. With all of them.
And now? All I could feel was Titan staring daggers at the back of my head. I tried to ignore him like Otto had suggested, but I couldn’t shake it.
I closed my eyes, remembering when I’d first seen the tape of myself online. How I’d curled up in bed and just cried.
They weren’t going to understand.
No one understood.
I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
“I should have known you’d use tears to get your way,” Titan said.
I couldn’t open my eyes and look at him. I just wanted to be curled up in that bed again. God, love sucked. I was done with this feeling in my chest. I just wanted it out.
I closed my eyes even tighter. “I’m going to tell them the truth, Titan. So please delete the video.”
“You’re really concerned about a video of you naked being spread around? You’re naked for everyone almost every night.”
I can’t breathe.“Just delete it. Please.” My voice came out croaky and weird.
He snickered. “Your tears won’t work on me, doll.”
I wrapped my arms tighter around myself.
“Zoey?”
The familiar voice made me open my eyes. Bennett was standing in front of me looking very concerned.
He gave Titan a terse look before turning back to me. “Otto said you were upset…” he put his hand on my shoulder. In the most comforting way. I wanted to just collapse into his arms.
But that wasn’t why I was here. He wasn’t going to be comforting me. He was going to be breaking up with me.
I took a step back from him.
He lowered his eyebrows. “Zoey, what’s wrong?” He went to close the distance between us, but I put up my hand to stop him.
