Emerald.
Marcus was the one who woke me up the next morning. What a way to start, I grumbled in my mind. He beamed down at me, like he hadn't just barged into my room to disturb my peace.
"Good morning," he said, steadying me as I sat up. My body itched to push him away from me but I held myself back. If I did that, it would just fuel his suspicions about me all the more. For all I knew, this was a test to see how I would react because he'd never done anything this outrageous before.
"Good morning," I answered, nearly biting my tongue off from how hard it was to get those two words out.
"Did you sleep well?" He sat on the bed, stroking my leg gently.
"I did. Why are you here so early?" I asked, scooting over under the pretext of making more room for him to sit. I really wanted to get
