LEILANI
"Of course." Micage says, stepping aside and ushering me in.
I stepped into the house, my throat constricting as I remembered our last interaction between the four walls of the room.
Micage shut the door behind me, making me acutely aware of his presence in the room with me.
The air creaked with silence, but not the comfortable kind. The loud, biting and physically tangible in the air kind of silence.
"I was out, okay?" I blurt when I couldn't take it anymore. "I got the message late and I couldn't show up here looking like a mess."
Micage walked around me, his steps majestic until he was right before me.
"You couldn't look a mess even if you tried, Leilani." He says, eyes trained on me.
My throat constricted and I suddenly felt a wave of heat attack my face. I shouldn't b
