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- Parts 19
"I hate you."
He looked at me for a long moment. Then, almost sadly, he smiled.
"No." His voice was barely above a whisper. "You don't."
Something inside me faltered.
"You don't know that."
"I think I do."
"No, you don't."
"I don't think you hate me at all."
The sentence landed with terrifying precision. Because I couldn't answer it. Instead, I looked away. Toward the sea, toward the horizon. Anywhere but him. The silence stretched between us. I could hear my own heartbeat.
"You don't know anything," I muttered.
"I know enough."
"You don't."
He stepped closer. Not enough to corner me. Just enough that I could hear his breathing over the wind.
"I know you haven't looked at me the way you look at people you hate."