#Chapter282
I am assuming that sister notices this since she tightens her hold on my hands.
/"Haley, do you even want to marry Phoenix?/" Hanna slowly asks me with a skeptical tone
My heart painfully pounds in my chest.
/"That's like asking me if I want to spend the rest of my life with her,/" I state
/"Of course I do,/" I say without a doubt
/"But I love her too much to risk us ruining our friendship in the long run,/" I admit
The blonde gives me her full attention as I continue to speak my mind.
/"The both of us have been through so much, her from her parents and me from... well... you know,/" I trail off referring to the things I went through when I was eighteen
Mother and Hanna quickly catch onto this judging by their uneasy facial expressions.
/"I just don't want to hurt her if by some sick twist of fate this doesn't end up working out/" I weakly reveal
Hanna frowns at me, not knowing what to say.
