Fortress of Brilliance ღ Mommy Quad Chance was quiet at first, and that alone did something to Hayley's insides, something entirely unpleasant and probably nerve related. Unable to help herself, grey-blue eyes flickered up at him again, just in time to catch him shaking his head. She averted her gaze once more.
He was sorry. Somehow, this surprised Hayley - though she hadn't known what his reaction to her story would be, she hadn't expected those words. Not because that wasn't the type of guy Chance was, because.. that added up. She just wasn't expecting it. And yes, that seemed to be a trending thing - not wanting to meet or see Markus, on her part, Benzi's, and now Chance. Given, Benzi hadn't exactly expressed how he didn't want to see him - it was more the opposite, for the worst kind of reasons. Same idea, regardless. "Me too," She practically whispered, folding her hands in her lap. Hayley couldn't think of anything she had ever regretted more at the moment, than getting wrapped up in Mark's world, where she had never belonged to begin with. "I just wish I could take it all back.." Every last bit of it.
While once before, Hayley might have tensed at first as Chance wrapped an arm around her, that wasn't the case at all now. She was use to his closeness, comfortable, and leaned into his embrace slightly. Her head nodded slowly, as if to show she were listening despite her silence. Yes, she knew that. Knew all of that. How Markus should have known better, how he should have been honest, how he was older - Wait... Noel did what?! "Oh, Merlin." Hayley groaned, hiding her face in her hands. She was horrified, officially. "I'msosorry," She mumbled, her voice muffled from behind her hands. "I didn't know." "Noel didn't.. because that's the part he doesn't know." Hayley whispered, "He doesn't know I went back to Markus, after what Benzi did. He doesn't know any of that. He thinks I stayed away from him."
Sweet mother of Merlin. She was not going to cry. Not going to cry, nope.
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