14

Despite it being daytime, I tried to sleep in my room with the curtains tightly closed, but I couldn't close my eyes.

Jack invaded my thoughts.

I couldn't shake off the melancholic image of his gaze when we arrived home and his sorrowful smile as we bid each other good night, going off to rest in our respective places.

Something deep within my heart bothered me intensely. Perhaps it was my brutality when it came to matters of love... or maybe it was the fact that I had hurt him with my abrupt and cowardly behavior.

I wasn't entirely sure, but no matter how hard I tried to shut my eyes and drift off to sleep, they would snap open, staring at the ceiling as I sought answers to everything I felt inside.

I urgently needed to admit my feelings, to be honest with myself once and for all.

I got out of bed determined to do just that, clumsily making my way to the living room where Jack was already fast asleep on the couch... or at least that's what it looked like at first glance.

I stood next