The words hit me harder than the smoke ever could.
For the first time, I felt something I couldn't name, fear, maybe, or the realization that there were parts of him I didn't know at all.
"Worse?" I echoed, my voice unsteady.
He gave a short, humorless laugh and took another drag. "Yeah. Worse. But you don't care, do you? You're too busy texting someone else to notice."
"What do you mean?" I asked, uneasy.
He gave a bitter laugh, shaking his head. "What do I mean? You don't get it, do you, Zayn? You sit there texting some girl right in front of me, letting the sound of those damn notifications fill the room like I don't even exist. And you ask me what I mean?"
My chest tightened. I opened my mouth to speak, but he didn't let me.