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he stared at me, speechless, unable to even mutter a word at my exasperated state. i stood there breathing deeply.

"is it?" i cry out again quietly when i don't receive an answer. "do you even care?" finally, corbyn breaks out of his trance, horrified and hurt.

"of course i care, dani! if you actually let me talk-" he tries, but i'm not having any of it. i'm just so, so tired of all the arguing and the mixed feelings, i can't handle much more; i feel like i might break with just the smallest word.

"don't. i don't want excuses. i just want the truth now. do you even care? or am i just wasting my time?" my voice goes down to a broken whisper, my eyes now dry; i don't even have any left to cry.

"i am going to tell you the truth, if you just let me. please." corbyn says softly, his hands attempting to cup my face, but i quickly move away with a pained whimper, not letting him touch me. his lower lip trembles, his blue eyes holding pain, and he looks down, attempting to compose himself.

"you don't seriously think i would just fuck you for my own benefit, do you?" when i don't regate his comment, he lets out a shocked sigh, his hands locking into his hair, gripping it tightly. "daniel, you've known me for my whole fucking life. you know me better than anyone on this planet, and about that comment you made about me being blind to think adam loves me; okay, i may be blind, but so are you. you're so fucking blind that you can't see that i'm helplessly in love with you and i want nothing more but to spend the rest of my life with you!" my whole composure breaks, my eyes widening suddenly and my mouth falling slightly ajar.

"w-what?" i whimper.

"i'm in love with you, daniel. i have been for the longest damn time, it just took me a even longer to realise that that's what it was. i was so afraid to ruin our friendship, so i just stayed with adam, since that was at least something. i didn't want to risk losing the best person in my life, i just... i couldn't risk that. i'm so sorry dani, can you ever forgive me?" the world spins for a moment, and i hold the door to stabilise myself, looking at corbyn very cautiously.

"w-what about adam now though? are you still with him?" i stutter, my eyes scanning corbyn's face nervously, awaiting his answer. suddenly, he cracks a soft, amused smile.

"we broke up. he's gone, dani. it's just you and me now." corbyn hands come to delicately caress my cheeks, and this time, i let him. his touch is soft, caring, everything i've ever dreamed of, and i lean into his hands, craving more.

"so... shall we give us a chance?" he glances at me, and i smirk at him cheekily, going to wrap my arms around his neck.

"definitely. now we're right here standing face to face... why don't you just stay with me?"

this book is almost over! i've published the first part of my new book, I Don't Belong In This Club, a jarbyn book! go check it out if you want xxx