{Violet’s POV} I was frozen to my bones. My heart was skipping several beats and thumping against my rib cage. He was standing very close to me. His soft fingers were on my cheeks. His blue eyes were pouring into mine. And my— “You should consider wiping your lips after your meals. It makes you look less silly.” He said to me, wiping the area beneath my lip with his thumb. My skin was tingling and my cheek was burning red. He was so close to me that I could feel his warmth bathing every stretch of my skin. My hair was burning up with the sensation but in a good kind of way. Liam slowly took his fingers away and crept backward and I felt like oxygen was returned to me. “You good?” He asked me. “Y-Yeah,” I muttered, shaking myself out of my chimera. He was so close to me that

