Chapter 60: Love you like that

Aniston's POV

I exhaled through my mouth. I was indeed freaking out and who wouldn't be in my shoes. A man who was supposed to be my mate just told me he was in love with me and now, he was taking it back.

"Wait! Are you taking it back?" I asked again.

"If I say yes will you open the door?" Ari asked me from the other side of the door.

"No" I stood up immediately and opened the door. "You can't say stuff like that if you plan to take it back, Jerkface"

Ari rubbed his forehead before he took a step back.

He turned around and faced the wall like he physically couldn't look at me. I could see his tense posture and the way he rubbed his neck like he was a bad massage therapist.

Oh my God! He was freaking out too.

"You have to believe me, I didn't mean to say it out loud like that" he said.

I smiled and took a step closer to him. I made him turn around and I rubbed his ear lobes for some reason.

His bright blue eyes finally mustered the energy and courage to look at me.

He was wearing a