Avery:
I should have been scared. I knew I should have been scared.
Heart pounding, stomach twisted, brain screaming at me to get up, get out, run. But I wasn’t scared.
Not really.
I was buzzing. Thrumming. Like every nerve ending had been lit on fire and I didn’t know if I wanted to pour water on it or just let it f*****g burn me to the ground.
Cruz was too close. Sitting next to me like he owned the damn booth, like he owned the whole f*****g world, and somehow, I’d become just another piece of it.
He hadn’t even said anything yet, and I was spiraling.
God. Get a grip, Avery. You are so damn ridiculous right now.
I forced myself to breathe, grabbing a slice of pizza like it was a shield. If I was eating, maybe I wouldn’t notice how good if felt to have his thigh pressed against m
