Pretend You're Mine (Inked Hearts 3)

They bounce off the wall with a thud.

It fails to satisfy me.

He doesn’t love me.

How could anything possibly satisfy me?

Chapter 44

Ryan

The stars keep shining.

The waves keep crashing.

My head keeps spinning.

It’s like the first time we kissed.

It makes no fucking sense.

And every lick of sense in the world.

I’m not enough for her.

I thought things were different. That we were different.

I thought I was okay with my destiny.

No, I was.

Until Leigh.

Until she showed me every scar.

Until she made me realize how badly I wanted to let my walls down.

To love somebody and let them love me.

I love you.

The words still feel like a weapon. They’re poison in the humid air.

I can’t say it.

Can’t think it.

I certainly can’t feel it.

How the fuck do you love somebody?

I don’t know.

Will I ever?

Will I ever be enough for someone?

For her?