Chapter 29: Don’t You Dare Stop Me

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“I'm sorry if I ever made you go through that,” he said, and when he opened his eyes, they were glassy.

I felt my own eyes well up.

“Good night, Bryce,” I said before heading back to my room, my chest tightening with a familiar ache.

I never wanted to feel that again. I needed to get over whatever I still felt for Bryce.

Maybe there was a time when I wished he’d suffer as much as I had,