Chapter 156 Keep Holdin On

• Alex POV::
• "What are you saying, Zane?" I manage to keep the trembling out of my voice. He can't be saying what I think he is saying. He can't. I look into his eyes and the resolve I see there tells me all I need to know. He definitely is saying what I think he is saying. My pulse quickens.
• "I am saying the best way to get Claire off my back, and in extension, yours too, is to firmly discourage her interest in me because I already have you. It sounds wild, crazy even but I have dealt with girls like her before, it is probably the best way. Also, I don't like the idea that we have to hide what we have. It makes me feel like I am doing something wrong. It makes Daisy's madness towards you validated. Lying to Claire today when she asked you if we were together made things clearer to me. I felt awful, Alex. I don't want to have to lie like that again. It made what we have seem dirty. Wrong. And we both know it is none of those things, my love. It is none of those things." He reaches out across the table and takes my hands in his, his palms are warm but I feel no comfort.