I didn’t realize how fast my heart was beating until he stepped inside.
The door closed behind him with a quiet click, but it sounded louder than anything else in the room.
My grandmother gave me one last look,knowing before disappearing down the hallway, leaving us alone in the living room.
And suddenly there was nowhere left to hide.
Flavian didn’t move closer.
Didn’t touch me.
He just stood there, Looking at me like I had personally rearranged the universe in the worst possible way.
“Do you have any idea,” he said quietly, “what you just did to me?”
The softness of his tone scared me more than if he had shouted.
“I ...”
“No.” He ran a hand through his hair, pacing once before stopping again. “No, don’t answer that yet. Because if you tell me you didn’t think about it, I might
