Freckles

"Why can't you see that I'm trying! I'm trying so HARD so that you can trust me."

His arms pinned my body against the wall.

"I never asked for you to want me or to care. I dont want to trust you!" I screamed

Hurt danced in his eyes. "But why?"

"Because the moment I let myself trust anyone not to leave, is the moment that I will be broken all over again."

I pushed past him and with that, I knew everything was over. I knew I had broken him just enough so that I could protect him. So that I couldn't damage him. I loved him too much to allow him to let me break him too.

Mia Henderson has sky high walls and Kai, from the moment he meets her, seeks to break them down, captivated in her story.

Who will break who?