Flipping the Script

"Are you breaking up with me?" Alistair's voice was low and intense. "Is that it? Had your fun and now you're just done with me?"

I froze. "I'm not messing with you. I just think... this is better for both of us. I don't want you to have to go up against your family because of me. There's really no need for that."

"You only think it's pointless if you don't love me," Alistair said, turning his bac