Matt’s POV

“Hello Matty.”

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me, I mentally cursed, running my hands over my face as the tall redhead walked past me into the foyer. She carefully leaned forward and set her purse on the floor, exposing the tattoo on her ass that I hoped to never see again. I cringed and quickly looked away, trying to suppress the memory of my bad decisions.

What was she even doing here? After our last encounter, I thought I had made it perfectly clear that I wasn’t interested in being her fuck buddy anymore? Apparently she didn’t get the message because here she was practically stripping in my fucking foyer.

“I haven’t heard from you in a while so I thought I’d stop by,” April’s irritating voice continued as her eyes moved over my body. She slowly licked her lips as she pulled off her tight leather jacket and discarded it on the floor, the top underneath leaving nothing to the imagination. “I figured you’d like to do a little catching up…”

A few months ago April’s unannounced visit and little strip tease in the foyer might have turned me on, but right now I didn’t even have the slightest chubbie. Sure she was attractive but she was nothing compared to the little blue eyed beauty that was waiting for me in the living room. Damn, just thinking about the petite brunette made my heart race and I knew she had me under her spell. There was no mistaking that I had fallen for Jolie and I wanted to get back to her as quickly as possible.

“Actually April, I’m a little busy right now and—” I started as she closed the distance between us.

“Don’t be silly, Matty,” April interrupted, running her hands over my chest. “We’ve got a lot of catching up to do since the last time you called me. Work can wait...I know what you need.”

No, what I needed was for her to get the hell out of the compound. She was ruining my only alone time with Jo and I was slowly starting to lose my cool. April never could take ‘no’ for answer, and this just proved it. Fuck, I never should have listened to Gates about keeping her around as a fuck buddy. It was always a struggled to get her out the door, which was the last thing I needed with Jo waiting for me in the next room.

I had met April on drunken night’s excursion with the guys, and I honestly didn’t remember our first encounter. Sure she was attractive and a good lay, but after a few hook ups I had drank enough of her cool aid to know that she was bat shit crazy. The bitch was unstable, clingy, and had fiery temper when she didn’t get her way, not to mention vindictive. If I didn’t play my cards right and get rid of her gently, she would undoubtedly give up our compound’s location in exchange for a few bucks. April was a fucking security risk! One wrong move with this girl and there would be a noose around all of our necks.

“April, I’m really busy at the moment… And it can’t wait,” I said, turning on my M. Shadows charisma so my rejection wouldn’t set off her temper. The last thing I wanted was for her to throw a fit and storm out of here. That wouldn’t end well for anyone. Just let her down gently and get her the hell out of her, Sanders. Don’t lose your temper!

I lightly took her hand in mine, hoping to lead her back toward the door, but April had another idea. She threw her arms around my neck and I had to put my hands on her hips to keep her from completely pressing her body into mine. “Oh Matt,” she purred. “I’ve missed you so much…”

Fuck, what the hell was I going to do? She was taking this the wrong way! How was I going to get rid of her without her blowing a gasket? Come on, Sanders think! Tell her that you have a meeting in a few minutes? No, she’ll just wait around. Fuck, what was going to get this bitch out of my life for good? Tell her that you’re seeing someone, dumbass! That might not be a bad idea. I just had to make sure I broke it to her gently…

“As nice as that sounds, sweetheart” I whispered, leaning forward. “I really can’t. I’m actually—”

Only April didn’t want to listen to anything I had to say. Without warning, she pushed me back into the wall with lust burning in her green eyes. “I know what you like,” she breathed, our bodies now flush and her lips inches from mine. “Just follow my lead. You know I always make you happy.”

Before I could open my mouth to tell her off, April assaulted my lips with a hard kiss, taking me completely off guard. My eyes burst wide open in surprise as her lips and tongue demanded entrance. Oh no, this wasn’t fucking happening! In one swift motion I grabbed Aprils shoulders and pushed the crazy bitch away from me. What hell was that? My temper was quickly rising as the situation escalated, red beginning to blur my vision.

“April—!” I snapped, angrily whipping away an excessive amount of lip-gloss that had been transferred to my face.

“Oh so you want to play rough today, Matty? Well you don’t have to ask me twice,” she rasped, coming back at me with lust filled eyes. Luckily this time I was prepared. I grabbed her shoulders and held her at arms length away, earning a raised brown from the aggressive redhead. “So you want to be in charge? That’s not fun, Matty-bear…” she pouted. Why the hell did I even open the door?

“April will you fucking stop and listen to me!” I raged, my frustration with the woman coming to a peak. I looked down to see how tightly I was squeezing April’s arms.

Fuck, I needed to reel in my anger before it put a noose around my neck. I released April’s arms and took a few steps away, running my hands over my face. “You need to leave.” I breathed, clenching my jaw as I took in a deep breath to control my rising temper. “You can’t be here now…or ever again. Got it?”

April blinked at me for a moment before she threw her head back with a laugh. What the hell was wrong with this woman? “Oh Matty, you’re funny. I love it when you play games!” Her hands were already rubbing over my back and I had to pinch my eyes shut to keep from screaming at her.

“I’m fucking serious, April,” I hissed, through clenched teeth, refusing to turn around and look at her. I knew seeing the pout on her face would push me over the edge. “I can’t see you anymore and you need to fucking leave!”

“What?” April scoffed after sounding like a fish out of water. I could just imagine her opening and closing her mouth, trying to wrap her little mind around what I just said. “You-you can’t be serious!”

“Dead serious,” I said curtly, turning back around to face her. I crossed my arms over my chest as she narrowed her eyes and gave me a challenging look. Oh, she didn’t even want to start her shit today. I wasn’t in the mood.

“I don’t believe you, Matty.” She shook her head at me as she tried to close the distance between us. “Why the sudden change in heart?” There wasn’t any change in heart! I hadn’t contacted her in over three months now! Wasn’t that enough of a hint that I didn’t want to see her?

“You need to go, April,” The two of us must have looked like we were dancing some form of the tango as I attempted to stay away from her. We were moving around the foyer in a circle, neither of us backing down. “And remember our deal…”

April suddenly stopped, crossed her arms, and shook her head with a scoff. “Our deal? Our deal was to keep my mouth shut about the Avenged Sevenfold shit while we were seeing each other,” she snapped. “And this right here is a straight up rejection! So why should I?” Oh, this bitch did not want to challenge me. I would make sure she never saw the light of day again.

I narrowed my eyes at her and took a menacing step forward, only this time the bitch didn’t move a muscle. “Because if you don’t you’ll lose all of your fucking protection. I would hate to see what one of those drug lords that you steal from gets ahold of you. You wouldn’t want that would you?” I warned while April shook her head. I could tell she was formulating her next move and I was prepared to counter whatever she came up with. This crazy bitch wasn’t about to get anything from me today.

“I think the better question is why are you pushing me away?” April glared me down before her eye grew wide with realization. What was she thinking now? “You already have someone else here don’t you?” Well, I definitely wasn’t expecting that.

“I-I what?” I stammered, feeling taken off guard by how right she actually was. Only Jo wasn’t just some other hook up. No, I would go to the ends of the earth for that girl…but I had to get back to her first. I just hoped she wasn’t listening in on my confrontation.

“You do!” She pointed a long painted nail at me, her eyes growing wide with anger. “You picked out a flavor of the month and you thought you could fucking replace me? Oh, I don’t fucking think so, Matt!” April’s voice was quickly rising in volume. “How fucking dare you! We had a deal and I come over here to find out that some slut has replaced me? Where is she? I want to meet her!”

The next thing I knew, April was storming down the hall toward the living room. Fuck, no she couldn’t go in there! The last thing I wanted was for Jo to see her and get the wrong idea. April and I were long done and I refused to let her ruin what I had with Jo!

“April!” I growled, racing after her. By the time I grabbed onto her arm, we were already in the living room. Fuck! I quickly looked around, my heart racing in my chest. Where the hell was Jolie? To my relief she wasn’t here and I hoped she had gone back to my room where couldn’t hear any of this conversation. “Will you fucking stop! You’re acting fucking crazy, which is the reason I haven’t called you!” I hissed, making her look at me.

“So you admit it! You do have someone else!” I let my eyes roll back as I looked up at the ceiling. Fucking hell, why wouldn’t she just leave?

“It’s none of your fucking business if I do or not!” I raged, dragging her back toward the foyer. “And now you need to leave and keep your goddamned mouth shut!” I warned but she just narrowed her eyes and ripped her arm away from me.

“What? Afraid your ‘girlfriend’ will hear me and know the truth?” April yelled, using air quotes around the word ‘girlfriend’. That was exactly what I was afraid of but I wasn’t about to tell her that. “That M. Shadows is a fucking player and you will dump her as soon as you’re bored too? Well, guess what, Matt? You wont see the last of me! I’m going to tell everyone that the mighty M. Shadows is pussy whipped and is losing his touch!”

And that’s when I snapped. I pulled April right up to my face, our noses literally inches apart. Only this time there was nothing at all intimate about our interaction. No, this time I was ready to rip out this bitch’s jugular vein and let her bleed out on the fucking floor.

“If I hear that you’ve mutter my name or any of my men’s names in public, it will be the last fucking thing you’ll ever do,” I hissed, the venom dripping from my word. My voice was so menacing that it cut through the silence in the compound like a knife. Oh, I meant fucking business and this bitch knew it!

“I swear, we will make your life a living hell if you utter as much a one syllable about us, where we are, what we do, or who I’m with. You will leave now and I will never fucking see your face again. Do. You. Hear. Me?”

April swallowed thickly, her bottom lip trembling slightly. “I will go silently, but only if you give me some cash to get on my feet. I’ve got nothing…” Oh, so that was the real reason behind her visit. She wanted drug money or money for whatever habit she was chasing this time.

I scoffed and pushed her away, reaching for my wallet in my back pocket. I knew that if I didn’t dish out a few bucks now that I would have to hunt her down later for running her mouth. I held a handful of twenties into the air as I looked down at the trembling redhead. “You run your mouth, you die. Do you understand?” I asked, reminding her of the warning.

April nodded and quickly snatched the cash out of my hand. “And I never want to see you here again. My men will continue to look out for you, but all other contact ends here. Got it?”

“Yes,” April sighed, running her hands through her hair after putting her jacket back on. “I just think you’ll regret your decision. Then again, you know where to find me,” she said reaching for the door. “Give my best to your girlfriend.”

As soon as the door locked behind her, I let out a growl and punched the wall. I couldn’t fucking believe it! How could I have wasted so much time with her when I could have been with Jolie? I should have never answered the door and dealt with another time. God, I was so fucking stupid I could barely stand it. Not to mention that the girl always pissed me off.

“Argh that fucking bitch…I should have just killed her when I had the chance!” I raged, hitting the wall one more time before I heard the sound of someone clearing their throat.

I looked up to see Vengeance standing in the threshold between the foyer and the living room with a questioning smirk on his face. I froze and stood up to my full height, my heart beginning to race in my chest. How long had he been standing there and how much had he heard? Fucking hell, this day was just going from bad to worse.

“Everything okay, boss?” He asked, with a knowing smirk on his face. “I see the bitch came back…”

“Mind your own damn business, Vee.” I wanted nothing more than to punch that look off his face. If he saw or heard something he’d better come out and say it now, though that wasn’t his style. Zack liked to hold onto things and keep them for blackmail later. It was why I put him on defense and patrol with Gates. Both of them were ruthless bastards when they had useful information.

I just hoped he hadn’t heard April say anything about a girlfriend. The last thing I needed was for him knowing how serious things were between Jolie and I. “What do you want anyway?”

Zack shuffled his foot and looked around the foyer as if he were looking for clues as to what just happened with April. Keep looking buddy. I didn’t touch the bitch, though if I did there would have been blood on the walls. I fucking loathed that woman, maybe even more than the two-timing Danny Pagano.

“I thought I would come check in after patrol,” he chuckled, walking around the foyer and then back to his original spot. I narrowed my eyes, glaring at my friend. What the fuck was his problem? He looked like a little boy that had just solved some big mystery. “Gates and I didn’t see or hear anything…it was actually rather quite.”

“Did you check in with Christ? He hear anything with their calls?” I asked, pushing past him and into the living room. I needed to find out where Jo had gone. I felt awful for being away from her so long and I just hoped she wasn’t upset with me. The only problem was I didn’t see her in either the kitchen or the living room. Maybe she was hiding from Zack or went back to my room or the bathroom?

Zack followed behind me as I moved around the living room and kitchen, studying my movement with narrow eyes and a smirk. “Nope, he doesn’t have anything. He said it was quiet on that front too. Do you think he is blocking us again? Trying to see what we’re up to?”

“I don’t fucking know. I’ve been a little busy,” I grumbled, moving around the kitchen to make sure Jo wasn’t hiding behind the island. I think a little busy was an understatement for the day that I’d had. First the four-hour phone conference with the Berrys and a dealer, then my amazing time with Jolie, and finally the April shit. I was ready to throw in the towel and crawl back into bed with my little beauty.

I could fucking picture it now. Jolie would throw back her head and moan my name as I mercilessly pounded in and out of her. Oh, and just the way she threw her head back and her long hair fell down her back and tickled my thighs was enough to drive a man crazy. Damn, I really needed to find her because my just thinking about her was making my pants uncomfortably tight. But where the hell did she go?

“What are you looking for?” Fuck, that’s right. Zack was still here. Why? I had no idea but he needed to get lost and fast. “Lose something important?” Was that bastard taunting me now?

I stood up and crossed my arms over my chest. “Non of your fucking business and if you’ve got something you’d like to say to me you better do it now,” I challenged, not moving my gaze from the intense staring competition we were now in. “If not, I suggest getting some rest. We’ve got a lot of appointments tomorrow.”

“Nope,” Zack smirked, letting the ‘p’ pop. “Have a good night, Shads.” With that he grabbed a beer from the fridge and plopped himself on the couch in front of the TV.

I scoffed and headed down the hall toward my room, stopping and looking in every open room along the way. What the hell was Vengeance’s problem lately? He was acting more and more defiant toward me and it was really starting to get on my nerves. What the hell was his problem? Was there some big secret he was keeping from me? Or was he still pissed that I wouldn’t let him have guard duties with Jolie? I bet that was it. The little pecker never liked losing a challenge, which apparently Jolie was to him. But he wasn’t about to put his hands on her. Oh no, that girls was mine and I was not letting her go…not even to her own father.

“Jo, sorry it took me so long I—” I said, entering my room only to find it empty too. “Fuck!” Where the hell was she? Had she escaped? No, she wouldn’t do that, would she? I needed to find her and fast. “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”

I quickly flew back down the hallway, my heart thundering in my chest. Come on, where would she have gone? And that’s when it hit me—Vengeance seemed a little too chipper to be coming off shift. Did he take Jolie back to his room? I would fucking rip him a new asshole if he was hiding her from me. That was insubordination and I had beat the shit out of my own men for much less. Oh, if he laid one hand on her pretty little head it would be the last thing he’d ever did!

“Where is she?” I barked, standing right in front of the TV. I glared down at Vengeance as he scoffed and leaned forward, putting his elbows on his knees.

“Where’s who?” That smirk was going to get punched off his face in a manner of seconds if he didn’t tell me where she was!

“Don’t play fucking dumb with me, Vengeance. Where the fuck is Jolie?” I took a menacing step forward, causing him to sit up and set his beer on the coffee table. “I know you have her somewhere!”

“Why would I have her somewhere?” I took another step toward him and Zack held his hands up in surrender. “Alright, alright, relax! I did see Jolie but I didn’t take her anywhere she didn’t want to go.”

“Where. The. Fuck. Is. She?” I could feel the anger pulsing through my veins as I looked down at Zack. I was seconds from picking him up and beating the shit out of him. How dare he take something that didn’t belong to him? Jolie. Was. Mine!

“She’s safe…which is more than I could say when I found her balling her eyes out in the study when I came home. What the hell happen?” Wait, she was crying? Fuck, I needed to find her and figure out what the hell was going on. Why was she in the study?

“Where is she now?!” I bellowed, causing Zack to frown. “She is safe. Just tell me what happened. I think I could help if you just—”

“TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!” I raged, my vision flashing red in an instant. I had no idea how long I had been away from her but each passing second was making whatever the problem was worse.

Zack sighed and stood up, his eyes meeting my as my chest heaved up and down with anger. “She’s in the prison room but—”

I didn’t even stand there long enough to hear what else Zack had to say. I needed to have Jolie back in my arms and know what was wrong. I hated the thought of her crying alone in the study. What happened? Did she get hurt? Did she overhear my argument with April?

I shook my head, hoping it wasn’t the latter. I didn’t say or do anything that would upset her, or at least I didn’t think so. I mean, I pushed away every advance that the redheaded bitch made and I pushed her out the door. It wasn’t like I was two-timing them both—hell no. Jolie was the only girl for me and I was certain of that now.

By the time I got to the ‘prison room’ my heart was throbbing painfully in my chest and my palms were all sweaty. What the hell was wrong with me? Why was I so nervous to go in there? I sucked in a deep breath and closed my eyes, my heart feeling like it was now in my throat. Maybe Zack was just fucking with me and Jolie wasn’t actually crying. I mean, what did she have to be upset over? We were having the best night together…well until April showed up.

I quickly typed in the passcode and pushed the door open. I sighed in relief when I saw her cuddled up in the small bed with her sister fast asleep. Thank god she was all right. That little woman was bound to give me a heart attack from worrying about her. With a smile I quietly walked into the room, taking in the sight of the beautiful sisters sleeping together. Their arms were wrapped tightly around each other and that’s when it hit me—Jolie was probably upset about not seeing her sister. That had to be why she was crying!

By the time we got out of my office, the little blonde, Gates, and the Rev where nowhere to be found. So Jo hadn’t gotten a chance to finish their conversation. Maybe she realized that was feeling guilty about it when Zack found her. Or, maybe Jo had been looking for her and was upset that she couldn’t find her? Yeah, that had to be it. Why else would she be crying after the amazing evening we were having together?

I smiled to myself at the thought as I moved across the small room. I was worried for nothing. Now all I had to do was get her back to my room where she belonged. “It’s time to go to bed, babe,” I whispered in her ear. Jolie let out a muffled moan and rolled over, her arms instantly wrapping around me. It was almost like she was seeking my warmth. That’s right come to me, babe. You know where you belong.

“Mmm…” Jo moaned as I gently laid her down on my bed a few minutes later. God she looked fucking breathtaking. Just the way her hair was falling and the light of the moon reflecting through the window made her face look like porcelain. She was honestly the most beautiful woman I had ever seen and she was all mine.

I slowly moved my hand through her hair before my fingers moved over her smooth skin. Every little touch made my heart feel like it was going to explode in my chest, especially when those blue eyes opened and met mine. My breath caught in my throat as those three little words bubbled to the surface again. I would have to tell her how I felt and soon. “Hey beautiful…” I breathed after my lips lightly brushed hers. I slowly placed a trail of kisses from her face down to her neck and back up again. Damn, I couldn’t get enough of this girl.

“Matt?” Jo’s groggy voice sounded as she peaked out her eyelids at our surroundings.

“Who else would it be?”I chuckled kissing the top of her head. Jo cuddled into my arms as I laid down next to her. I had to admit that she felt perfect in my arms and I was afraid to let go of her. The last thing I wanted was for her to run away from me again.

“Mmm…That sounds nice,” Jo’s voice sounded so sleepy that I couldn’t help but smile. I hadn’t seen her in this state before and she was just so fucking beautiful and adorable that I didn’t know how to contain the happiness I felt building inside. “What are you smiling at?”

I looked back down to see those beautiful blue eyes looking back up at me. That only made me smile more as my heart started to race in my chest. Did she have any idea of the hold she had over me? “Just you.”

Suddenly Jolie’s eyes snapped fully open and she looked like she had been slapped in the face. What the hell? Within seconds she had pulled away from me and pushed herself up against the wall, reminding me of our first night together. What was this about.

“What are you doing, Jo?” I asked, thinking that maybe she was playing some kind of game. I carefully crawled toward her only for her to hold up her hands. “Don’t come any closer! I don’t want anything to do with you!” she rasped, her voice shaking with every word. Jo sounded like she was on the verge of tears and that crushed me. What was going on with her?

I opened and closed my mouth a few times as I looked at her, shock from her words hitting me like a brick wall. “What? Why not?” I questioned, feeling extremely confused when I saw the anger and hurt in her eyes.

“Don’t play dumb with me, Matt! Just take me back to the room with Emery. Thing are better this way,” Jolie spat, crossing her arms over her chest as tears welled in her eyes. “You’ve made your choice, now I’m making mine!”

I felt like I had been slapped in the face and I had no idea what was going on. “What the hell is the problem, Jo?” I asked, throwing my hands up in the air while she climbed off the bed away from me.

Jolie scoffed, shaking her head. “If you have to ask then I am obviously making the right decision. God how could I have been so stupid!” Jo hissed, angrily wiping away the tears that were pooling in my eyes. What decision?

“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked again, feeling my anger starting to rise as my heart sunk into my stomach. How was I supposed to fix this if I didn’t know what she was talking about?! All I wanted to do was making her smile! Didn’t she get that? This woman had no idea what kind of control she had over me.

Jo put her hands on her hips and looked at me incredulously. “You really don’t know?” she laughed humorously. “No! I don’t fucking know! Why wont you just tell me what’s bothering you, Jo? As much as I would like to I cant read your mind! What happened between our walk and now?”

Jo shook her hand turned her back to me, shoving some of her clothing back into one of the bags. “If you don’t know, why don’t you ask your girlfriend,” Jo hissed, venom and hurt dripping from her voice.

“What the hell does that mean, Jo? You’re my fucking girlfriend!” I yelled, throwing my hand up in the air. My frustration was quickly rising and I had no idea what to do or what I had done to upset her.

“Oh, that’s funny, Matthew,” Jo laughed humorously, turning on me with pain in her watering blue eyes. “I saw you freaking kiss her! You kissed her and didn’t push her away!”

I opened and closed my mouth, my temper rising again, not at Jo but at April. She had ruined everything. I pushed that bitch away as soon as I realized what she was doing! I couldn’t believe Jo had seen that! “So you don’t have anything to say to that? That’s awesome, Matt…Glad to know that we’ve both wasted our time here when you actually have a girlfriend!”

“Jo—”

“No,” She shook her head and even though I was pissed beyond limits from the whole April situation, I could see how badly I had unintentionally hurt her. “I guess you only care for me when it’s convenient for you, right? God, I was so stupid to think that you would actually care about me. I was wrong, I know it now. Well, guess what, I’m done playing this game. It hurts too much! I can’t stay with you anymore! I’m going back to the other room… ”

“Jo, wait!” She was practically to the door, when I reached out and pulled her back. “What the hell do you mean I don’t care for you? I only care about you!” I yelled, making her look at me. She had to see that I was telling the truth. I wanted her and only her.

“I never did anything with April! Hell, I ended our relationship three months ago. She showed up her looking for fucking money. She is fucking crazy and tried to kiss me but apparently you missed the part where I pushed her away! I didn’t want that! I’m sorry you saw that but I promise that there is nothing between us. She means nothing to me! “

“Sorry? Freaking sorry, Matt?!” She screamed in my face and tried to get out of my reach, but I was not going give up so easily. “That’s really rich. You’re just sorry that I caught onto your game. Well guess what Matt, I’m not going to be your second hand gal!” Jo picked up her bag and I shook my head.

“What the hell are you talking about?” I frowned. Did she honestly didn’t believe me? After everything I’d told her and promised her? What did I have to do to make her see the truth?

“I saw the way you held onto her! The way you whispered in her ear! It didn’t look like nothing, Matt!” She raged and I was forced to close my eyes and take a deep breath just to control myself.

“Will you just let me talk for a minute!” I dropped my hands from hers and stepped back, running my hands over my head. “You’ve got it all wrong!”

“Okay, I’m listening, please, tell me how you didn’t just fuck that girl right after our date!” I opened and closed my mouth and shook my head at her. “Jo, I already told you that I pushed her away and threw her out. I told her to never come here again. I did all of that for you…for us!” I pleaded, taking another step toward her.

I saw a couple of tears rolling down her cheeks, but I just couldn’t stop trying to make her see reason. A small smirk pulled at her lips, “That’s a fucking great lie, Matt.”

“That’s not a fucking lie!” I raged. What did I have to do for her to believe me? “Come on, Jo...” I sighed, now pinching the bridge of my nose. “What do I have to do to get you to believe me? You are the only girl I want…now and forever…”

“You hurt me, Matt...” She now whispered, letting those waterworks fall free. “You have no idea how much...”

I sighed, walking closer to her and pulling in a tight embrace. “I know, I never meant to though...” I whispered against her hair. It was the truth. I never wanted this shit with April to come between us and look what happened. “Please, please forgive me...let me make it up to you…”

Jo didn’t reply for a while, but in the end she pulled away, wiping the tears from her cheeks. “I don’t know if I can...” She said, walking for the door. “It will just be easier if we keep our distance…”

“Jo, please...” I was loosing my mind here. I couldn’t let her go but here she was slipping threw my fingers, making my heartache painfully in my chest. “I can make this up to you, show that I’m being honest. I-I’ll take you on a real date away from the compound. It will be just you and me…please, Jo, I’m begging you here just... just please don’t do this…”

Jo stopped with her hand on the door, her head hung low. "Why should I believe that?"

I opened and closed my mouth as I watched her, my heart thundering in my chest. No, she couldn’t leave me. Not like this…not over fucking April. Jolie meant way too much to me and I had to tell her.

“Because-because…I’ve fallen in love with you, Jo!”

Notes

YAY I FINALLY UPDATED!

I'm sooo sorry for the long delay in the update! I've been really busy with school but I finally had time to sit down and finish my chapter for you! I hope that you like it! Let us know what you think!