The Ugly Truth

KELLAN’S POV

Piper’s question sliced through the air so cleanly, so quietly, that for a second I thought I’d imagined it.

“Why didn’t you ever just tell me?” she asked, voice steady but eyes trembling. “If you care about me so much… Why all the games? The teasing? The distance? Why make me think you barely tolerated me? Why did you make me feel like I was just your nemesis?”

My stomach dropped. Th