“Hi”, she said, carefully approaching me with that hungry look. Her gaze was firmly placed on the barely there b***r that rocked my towel.
I smiled, trying to cover up my irritation. “Valora. Hey!”
“Aklan,” she said, with that soft, breathy voice she always used when she wanted something. “Why have you been avoiding me since the other night?”
Avoiding her.
Right. It could only count as avoidance if she ever came to mind in the time we hadn’t spoken, so no, I wasn’t avoiding her; she just simply stopped existing in my subconscious.
I grabbed a towel and wiped my face, giving myself a few seconds before I answered. If she knew how close I was to ripping the walls down with my bare hands just from trying not to think about Rosalind, she’d probably choke on her own spiteful laughter.
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