KAIA’S POV
My eyes widened, and regret hit me the moment the words left my mouth. I wished I could snatch them back, swallow them before they ever reached him, but it was already too late. My heart slammed painfully against my ribs, and for a few seconds, I couldn’t even breathe.
Why did I say that? Why didn’t I just listen to my first thought and keep my mouth shut? What has Athena made me do, for goodness sake?
I watched Leander’s face, waiting and bracing for something. A frown, a laugh, anger… even outright rejection. Anything at all that might tell me what he was thinking. But instead, his expression froze, and I couldn’t read a single thing in his eyes.
Questions and what ifs tumbled around in my head, twisting my stomach into knots. What if I’d just made everything worse between
