When Kylie Johnson's temperamental, ominous, and overprotective older brother continuously ruins her love life, she decides to permanently eliminate the word 'love' from her vocabulary.
But when her ex, Julian Davis, returns to her life with a treme...
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I gasp. It's almost as loud as the honk of a passing car near the ice cream shop. I am feeling incredibly awful. Yet at the same time, I'm also utterly upset.
There's just one thing that I still don't and can't comprehend: the reason why Julian never told me any of this before.
I don't know whether I should feel empathy or anger. Perhaps I should embrace both.
Julian's grandmother had kidney cancer and died of it. Then came Julian's sister, who also died of cancer. And now Julian's mother might have cancer and...
No. She won't. I know she won't. Julian can't lose her too.
How can this be possible? These...these damn genes.
My thoughts begin to have a fiasco with one another and soon my head starts pounding harshly from so much pondering.
I look up at Julian's teary eyes and feel my heart ache like never before. It hurts when you see your loved ones suffer silently. It hurts watching their eyes transmit nothing but sadness and fury simultaneously.
"Why?" I manage to ask, my voice barely audible. My throat hurts from holding so many words hidden for long seconds. "Why didn't you tell me this before?"
His eyes slowly travel up to meet mine, a huff lightly escaping his mouth. "Do you think it's easy, Kylie?! For me to just spill to your face 'my sister fucking died of cancer. Want to date me?'"
I feel a soft punch on my heart at his tone but decide to let it pass.
"I know it's not easy, Julian, but this isn't something you can just hide from your girlfriend."
He rubs his temples, taking a deep breath to control himself. How could he withhold something like that from me?
I let out a heavy sigh as I lean my back on the chair, bringing my sunglasses down to my eyes. I am simply speechless.
This whole situation is more than daunting. I don't know how to react to it. I don't know how to talk to him. I don't even know how I should console him; give him hope. I can't imagine how wild his heart is racing and how much pain he is engulfing right this moment.
"When did-" I softly clear my throat, trying my best to avoid looking into his sorrowed eyes through the black lens. "When did it happen?"
