#Chapter279

“Tell me what you need, so I’m not riding blind all the time. I’m not good at reading you and I don’t have a high success rate in knowing what you’re thinking.” He pleads, so desperate to make sure he doesn’t ruin this.

“I don’t know. Time. Honestly, I have no clue. I don’t trust people, so I have never had to think about how to let someone in.” I feel stupid for saying it out loud, and the realisation of just how lonely my existence has been hits me in the face. Before him, I had no one, and without him, I return to a loneliness that’s soul...