CHAPTER FORTY CONFESSIONS

JADE’S POV "Maybe," I answer, finally taking a page out of his book, and he scoffs in disbelief. "So what you're trying to say is that you think I would do all this just to sleep with you? Do you believe I'm that horrible?" He replies, squeezing tighter, but it's not enough to hurt me, and I can still manage to speak. "That's the only plausible reason," I state, and he nods, but I know it's not in my understanding. "If you think I'm wrong, shouldn't you explain why?" I ask, and he lets go of me and moves to pull away, but I fist his shirt and tug him back to me. "Shouldn't you?" I ask again, and he sighs. "There's no need to when you don't trust me," he replies as he grabs my hand and moves them away from his shirt. "Would anything change if I did?" He continues, and I look away in contemplation, but he must view it as a response because he backs away and asks me to leave and go to bed because he has a lot of work to do, and I sigh. "Mr. Mi_" I start and shut myself up when I rea