I was the one who'd extinguished the light in her eyes.

"You don't really believe that 'cause if you did, you wouldn't be here with me right now," I reasoned.

"I'm here with you because..." She shook her head and took a deep breath. "I'm here with you, Ellie, because I don't know how to say no to you." She laced her fingers with mine. "The way I feel whenever I'm around you—I can't resist it. So, even if I know this is all going to end badly, I'm going to play along because I'm weak."

"Hann, please don't talk about yourself like that." I wished she could've just seen...