Chapter 51: Chapter 51

Landon's face softens, his eyes holding a fire behind them as he stares at me. I watch his Adam's apple bob as he swallows and turns his head back to the primates, his profile hardening and jaw clenching.

"There is no such thing as love. Not here," he rasps. "Love is an amateur term to diagnose one's affection for another. In reality, we're all animals, and that so-called love is just us wanting to reproduce. To fuck. Love has nothing to do with it."

I sigh heavily. At one time, I would've said Landon was right, but I'm not so sure anymore. There's a difference between the throbbing between your legs and the longing in your chest.

"I refuse to believe that," I whisper.

Landon's head whips in my direction and he smirks. "Oh, yeah? Are you one of those ‘love fixes everything' kind of girls?" he jokes.