Chapter 184: Confrontation and Confessions

LYN "What do you mean you don't deserve it?" I asked, as I was confused by the pain I could hear in his voice. This wasn't the man that I knew. This seemed to be someone else, that was revealing his faults to me and I had a hard time reconciling both of them together. Zade stood up from his chair and moved to sit on the edge of his desk, facing me directly as he watched me intently making me feel like I was under a microscope. The movement brought him close enough that I could see the conflict that was present  in his expression. "I don't want to confess that I love you only to die a week later and leave you stuck with that," he said finally. "You deserve a chance at finding happiness with someone who actually deserves you and isn't scared to let the whole world know that as well. Not someone like me." I stared at him in shock as I was trying to understand what he meant. "Someone like you? Zade, what are you talking about?" He ran a hand through his hair, ruffling it which only ended u