When I woke up, the first thing I noticed was how empty and cold the bed was.
I was no longer on my side of the bed, I was on the complete opposite side with my arms cuddling a pillow that smelled like Elias.
My cheeks burned a bright shade of pink as I quickly pushed the pillow away. It was embarrassing enough that I remembered asking Elias to hold me last night. This was another degree of weird that I wasn’t ready to touch.
I dragged myself out of bed and glanced at the clock. It was a bit late to join Erina in the gym, but I figured it was better than nothing. I had no idea how facing her would feel after my escape attempt yesterday, I could only hope she would understand.
By the time I made it to the gym, she was just seated on the yoga mat. She looked up as soon as I opened the d
