I jumped back, instinctively pushing him away, a sudden rush of confusion flooding through me.
Heat crept up my neck and spread across my face. Embarrassment flooded through me, and I felt an intense urge to slap myself, to somehow punish myself for being so reckless.
I realized, in that dizzying moment, how much my hormones had taken over. I had completely forgotten that Elrod was just a friend, and that was all.
We'd jokingly thrown around the idea of having an affair. But it had been in the heat of the moment when Ash had pushed me too far.
It was a rash, angry comment, nothing more.
'So why did I suddenly feel this fluttering in my heart? Was there some part of me that truly saw Elrod as... someone more than just a friend? No. That couldn't be it. In my heart, Elrod was and would
