The decision had not been made lightly. Receiving the message from her loud and clear, I had sat for hours pondering over what was best to do. I felt like my head was going to explode, and as for my heart, it felt like it was done for. Shriveling up to a worthless piece of nothing. I had done my best to tell myself she had admitted she felt something for me, but that wasn’t enough now. I wanted her to feel enough for me to want to try to make something of us. Seeing her and not being able to freely be with her was hurting me.
Talking to Noah seemed like the obvious solution, but I knew the risks of that, and a major risk to that would be Livvy would be hurt and upset with me. And she had asked me not to. I did not think I could betray her. Besides, Noah had their new baby coming, literal
