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if I were

I shoved him back. "Hayden, let's get something straight. Even pregnant, that baby would be mine. No one else gets to decide what happens to it."

As I said it, tears slipped out before I could stop them.

His face flickered with so many emotions before he finally asked, "So you're not pregnant?"

Thinking about all the roundabout ways he'd been checking on me lately, a fresh wave of frustration washed over me. "Pregnant or not, what does it even matter to you? Hayden, you're the one who said we're done."

"And another thing-if we're broken up, stop with the games. The supplements, the breakfasts-what's your deal? Trying to patch me up after you ripped me apart? Like, 'Here's some medicine to fix the wound I gave you." Hayden stayed silent, his face like a storm about to break.

"We're done, Hayden. From now on, I'm me, and you're you. My life has nothing to do with you anymore." The last part came out in a shout, and as soon as I said it, it felt like I'd carved out a piece of my own heart.

It was unreal how he could still hurt me this much after only a few months. The pain wasn't any less than what I'd felt with Jace. Turns out, love doesn't need years to do damage. When you give your heart away fully, it can wreck you, fast. I yanked the door open, stepped inside, and slammed it shut.

Sliding down to the floor, I let the tears spill out.

Up until tonight, even though we'd broken up, I'd been holding on to this stupid hope that maybe it was just a fight, that we'd find our way back to each other.

But now? I knew the truth.

We were done. Totally done.