Elena’s POV
I sat in there, in front of Deacon, utterly dumbfounded and stoned on my seat while looking at him blankly, trying to process what I heard from him as I couldn’t believe my own ears.
Did he say what I think he said?
He never ceased to surprise me, making me feel all kinds of emotions I never felt before, but this was the first time I actually felt like I was at a complete loss for words.
“I… ahh…” I stuttered, not knowing how to reply.
In the end, I could only blink a couple of times in disbelief and uttered in pure shock, “What?”
With my heart still pounding in my chest and oxygen seemingly being pulled from my lungs, I let out an awkward laugh filled with disbelief.
Shaking my head and crossing my arms in a subconscious move to keep my emotions safe from these butterfl
