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"You love me," I realized, blinking at him.
"Of course I love you." His eyebrows furrowed. "You know I love you. I’m always going to love you."
"I—I thought you didn’t want to…put in the work for an actual relationship?"
Adam stared at me for a long moment. "What?"
"I thought I wasn’t enough—"
"You are more than enough," he stopped me before I could finish the sentence. His features twisted, shocked. "Piper, you’re everything to me. Why would you think that? I told you I loved you."
I swallowed. "How are you going to love me and leave me?"
113
Piper
So We’re Not Going To Do It
"Because I need to protect you." He ran his hand through his hair. "Coach Lawson’s putting a team together for a defamation case against them right now and that’ll lead to a restraining order—or vice versa—I don’t know it’s a lot of legal stuff being thrown around—"
"Oh my god—that’s great."
"I don’t want to do it," he admitted. "But I don’t have a choice now. My parents are forcing my hand."
"When are you going to court?"
"It depends on the initial talks, we could avoid court entirely—" Adam stopped himself. "Piper, you don’t need to know. You don’t have to worry about this." He rolled back his shoulders and straightened up in the chair. "It’s going to be a complete media circus. It’s going to be hell. And you’re not going to be part of this. You’re going to Roman Hall and I’ve already talked with the gang, you’re as much a part of our group as anyone else. We can be friends. But I promise, I’m never, ever going to bother again."
My heart squeezed in my chest just looking at him and Adam finally looked away, off towards the distance. It was quiet.
Slowly, I nodded.
"Okay."
His voice cracked. "Okay."
I put my hands together and placed them on the table, leaning forward. "When are we going to court?"
He glanced at me, confused.
"Adam?" I raised my eyebrows. "When are we going to court?"
"They’re…thinking about October but—you’re not involved in any of this."
"I have to be there."
"No. You don’t." He gave me a long look. "Piper, the farther you are away from me, the better it is for you."
"We’re not breaking up." I shrugged and recited the same words he’d said to me, the first night we had sex. "I thought about it. I don’t like it. So we’re not going to do it."
Adam stared at me.
"I’ll be ready for October," I promised him.
"I don’t want them to—Piper, I don’t even want them to look at you," he told me, a strain in his voice. "I don’t want them in the same room as you. And I’m not going to be the fucking Marrs Manwhore. I’m going to be messed up about this. Not someone you should be around. I won’t be the fun guy, the party guy, the—"
"You’re going to be Adam," I nodded. "That’s enough."
