he would have liked you as well. i'm sure of it. i would've loved if you two could have met.
[ the old, familiar ache is back, but he turns his mind to the present instead of toward the past, wanting desperately to fix this thing between them before he loses this, too. ]
i'll tell you everything, alina. no more secrets. even when i know you're not going to like what i'm going to say. i never want to make you feel like i've trapped you into this. and i never want you to think that what we have isn't real.
a part of me didn't want to tell you because i was afraid you'd believe i was only using you to get to aleksander. i know what i did. with zoya. i know it's wrong to go about it this way and i should call the whole thing off, but i can't. i won't lie to you and say that i will. i just want you to know what you're getting into, so you can make those decisions for yourself.
no subject
i'm sure of it.
i would've loved if you two could have met.
[ the old, familiar ache is back, but he turns his mind to the present instead of toward the past, wanting desperately to fix this thing between them before he loses this, too. ]
i'll tell you everything, alina. no more secrets.
even when i know you're not going to like what i'm going to say.
i never want to make you feel like i've trapped you into this.
and i never want you to think that what we have isn't real.
a part of me didn't want to tell you because i was afraid you'd believe i was only using you to get to aleksander.
i know what i did. with zoya. i know it's wrong to go about it this way and i should call the whole thing off, but i can't. i won't lie to you and say that i will.
i just want you to know what you're getting into, so you can make those decisions for yourself.
did you just tell me that you loved me?