Chapter 57

"But that's why I did get jealous and freak out on you, Tanya. I'm in fucking love with you. I'm a Goddamn moron when it comes to relationships and even I know that there isn't a rulebook or guideline on how long you have to wait before your love for someone becomes legitimate. And I understand that what I say and do don't always align and that I don't always treat you how I should - trust me, I hate myself enough for the both of us on that one - but that doesn't mean you get to discredit my feelings for you. You've been trying so hard to convince me that I don't love you, but this entire time the only one you were really trying to convince was yourself." He stated confidently while pointing my way. "I was not." I spat back defensively, feeling the brittle and weak pieces of my protective wall I'd built around my heart chip away piece by piece. "It took me less than two hours on the night that we met to know that you could handle my shit better than any other