Just a bet 第25章（上） （达荧英语同人文汉化）(31)

In public, broad daylight surrounded by teenagers, by people who would point and laugh, by people who would gladly tear her down for nothing. For simply existing in his life, for the fact that he loved her, when despite never having had a chance, they wanted him for themselves. He should have told her, learning it from him would have been better he knew that now. She’d loved him unconditionally, loved him despite his past, his flaws, helped him grow, helped him be better made him WANT to be better and now---

在公共场合，光天化日之下，周围都是青少年，人们会指指点点，嘲笑她，人们会很乐意毫无理由地诋毁她。仅仅是因为她出现在了他的生命之中，因为他爱她，尽管从来没有机会，她们还是想把他据为己有。他应该告诉她，从他那里知道这些会更好，现在他知道了。她无条件地爱他，不管他的过去，他的缺点，帮助他成长，帮助他变得更好，让他想要变得更好，现在——
Breathe in. Breathe out.
吸气，呼气。
The steering wheel complained under his grip, leather lining beneath his fingers creaking under duress. He could go in, demand to talk to her, to explain, or at least try to explain but--- even as he thought about it, he knew he couldn’t do that. It’d be entirely selfish, she didn’t want to see him, didn’t want to speak to him, forcing her to do just that after something so horrible, he…