Theodore
“What?” I ask him, my heart breaking a little. “But I’m your beloved, I’m…”
I don’t get to finish my sentence as he exhales audibly. “That’s not how it works.”
“How does it work then?” I ask, distraught.
He tilts his head at me, looping a finger into the waistband of my shorts to pull me closer. “I’ll explain everything to you when the time is right. Sadly, it is a bit complicated when it comes to me. You were unlucky, getting a beloved like me.”
I open and close my mouth several times, only catching a small glimpse of what seems to be sadness flashing through his eyes before he hides it. “Don’t say that,” I finally whisper.
He flashes me a smile, pulling me even closer as I put my hands on his chest, preventing him from pulling me into him. “Stop it! You always tell me
