Chapter 17

Danika Williams

I wake up to see Jake sleeping next to me with his huge arm over my body. I feel shame fill me as my brain recaps the events of last night. I don’t understand why I just give into a few things. I need to protect Jake, I know he thinks he can manage but I don’t think I can take that risk. I can’t imagine living without him. At this point in my life, I’d rather something happen to me than him.

It scared me how attached I’ve gotten just in a few months.

I manage to get out of bed and take a shower. I shamelessly go through his stuff as I get dressed and make coffee. My brain was continuously thinking, so much that I was exhausted now. I hated how Jake refused to listen to me. He doesn’t understand what I am going through right now.

Only if he left the way others have left so easily.

I guess that is what makes him so different from others.

I jump a little but relax when I see Jake approaching me. I was on hyper alert, even the smallest sound made me jump. I don’t know how