“Wait. You think I'm going to die? That's why you slept with me?”

“I'm backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I'm doing this.”

“You look confused," said Adrian.I shook my head and sighed. "I think I'm just overthinking things."He nodded solemnly. "That's why I try to never do it.”

“He shook his head. “No. Because there's no one else out there who understands you like I do.”I waited for more. “That's it? You're not going to elaborate on what that means?”Those green eyes held me. “I don't think I need to.”

“I'm not going to give you a hard time. I'm just going to love you whether you want me to or not.”

“I don't care if you say we can't be together. I don't care if you think I'm the most evil, unnatural creature walking on earth. You can think whatever you want, go whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.”

“You can think whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.”