"Reese how could you!?"
"How could I what? Don't act all innocent. You knew all along who I was...what I was."
"No. No, I didn't. You played me, and everyone else at the compound."
"Lively, oh Lively. Deep down you and I both know that it was never Nate. You just couldn't force yourself to believe the alternative. Why would you? You love me, after all."
"I trusted you."
"Aye. You did. That's how it was so easy."
"You...You made me feel things that I promised myself I would never feel. Now you've betrayed that. You've ruined what I thought we had and for what? What, Reese? Tell me!"
"Because, Princess..."
"Don't you dare call me that. You don't get to call me that."
"I'll call you whatever the hell I please. Now...where were we? Yes, Because I could Princess ."
"Don't touch me! Get your filthy hands off of me. You're a sick man, Reese. I regret ever knowing you."
"I don't. I won't. I may be a sick man, Lively, but don't pretend that you aren't just as messed up. That's why we're so special together, can't you see that?"
"No. We're not anything together. You have no effect on me. Whatever was there was built on nothing but lies and that makes it all a lie. A sham, Reese, don't delude yourself further."
"Oh really? Princess, I remember a lot of things between us--literally-- being quite real. The shower.."
"What did you do to Nathan?"
"You do remember, don't you? Yeah, you do. Don't try and change the subject."
"Just tell me."
"I won't. We were talking about us, Lively. Why would I want to talk about him? That bastard just didn't know when to quit."
"Because...because Nate will always be the better man and you know it!"
"No! He won't and you wanna know why?! Where is he, Liv? If he's so much better, how did he not end up on the top?"
"Scream all you want Reese. Nothing you say will ever undo what you've done."
"He will never love you like I can. Never understand you like I do, he'll never be able to please--"
"Stop!! Nate can do all of those things and more. He has done all of those things and more. He never needed to lie to me to get my attention! What of you Reese? Can you say the same?"
"I don't need to! How many times did I protect you from them? I could have let that thing kill you that very first day, but why didn't I?"
"You should have."
"I couldn't. I couldn't stay away. I knew my purpose, I knew why I was here and yet..."
"Don't."
"Don't what?"
"Don't act like you care now. You're not capable of it."
"Why do you insist that I don't?"
"Because if you did, Reese, you'd let me go and leave."
"I can't do that, Princess. You're this unobtainable fruit and I'm Adam hoping for the first bite."
"Your words mean nothing to me."
"They do. I can see it in the way your eyes glaze over and in the way your breathing has changed. If I were to look, I know there would be other signs too. You'll always want me Liv. The same as I'll always need you."
"You're wrong, you coward."
"Lively, don't lie."
"Don't come any closer."
"Why? Are you afraid your heart will betray you? Your body?"
"You're a bastard."
"A bastard who loves you."
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