Alex’s POV The events of the past few minutes felt like a whirlwind. I was still processing everything as I stood at the door of my apartment, mouth agape staring at the back profile of luke. He had escorted me to my house. I had no choice as I could not reach home by myself, not in my state of mind. and luke being luke took advantage of that. He had gisted and made jokes about him being the hero and the hero supposed to receive a kiss from the victim as thank you gift. I had laughed without paying attention to it. Surprisingly he had called me back, and pressed his mouth on mine, at the last minute I had shifted my head, the intended kiss became a peck. It was unexpected, out of character, and completely disarming. He had just dashed off afterward, leaving me stunned and standing in

