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I needed to let theo in the room with him, and I needed to let whatever happened between theer have that pained look in his eyes, the one that felt like a knife to the heart The look I’d put there

I tried to take a step forward, but it wasn't happening I was a selfish bastard, but I just couldn't

I turned around and walked slowly up to Brooks I glanced at Sparkly Guy The little man jutted his chin out and then crossed his ar if he could have nored hi me atery eyes

"Please don't do this," I whispered to Brooks I knew Sparkly Guy could hear everything I was saying, but I didn't care And I knehat I was asking was unfair and unreasonable and just fucking selfish, but I didn't care about that either "Please don't let him touch you"

Brooks sucked in a breath ata ithin himself A better man would've walked away from him and left, but I most definitely wasn't a better man

"Brooks, just, please don't do this I'll go, but just…" I let my words fall off because as I spoke the they were to say in the first place He owed ive him what he needed when it came to sex, but in the two brief encounters we’d had, I'd quickly figured out that Brooks wasn't made for just sex If he chose to ht, but I kneouldn’t be enough for hiot that now

Only noas just too damn late

I started to turn when the fingers of rip

"Jules, do you think you can find your way to Eden to onto Brooks’s hand, saw him hand his car keys to Sparkly Guy

The man took the keys His eyes shifted to me, but his question was for Brooks "Are you sure about this, honey?"

I couldn't help but tighten rip on Brooks's hand at the endear to Brooks that as short-lived because the fact was that Brooks was holdinghome with me

I didn't care what that meant