The moment his question had registered in my head, I felt my heart thumping louder in my chest with every passing second, and I could feel the blood in my veins. The pit in my chest felt hollower and tighter, the way it did only during my worst anxiety attacks. How do you answer such a question? Especially when the question came from your ex? What do you even understand from it? He did not ask me to stay, it was if he asks me to stay. And what even does stay mean? Did he want me to be a part of his life again? And in what way.. as a friend? As his girlfriend? Definitely not girlfriend- he had Rebecca. Then what did he mean by wanting me to stay? Actually he hadn't even asked me to stay- he said what would be my answer 'if' he asked. Caleb Miller was one complicated man who made every