"Deal," I said with a faint smile, but as the word left my lips, a sudden realization hit me like a freight train.
I was sitting there, practically naked.
Only in my lingerie.
My eyes widened, and I instinctively folded my arms across my chest. Panic flared, and I snapped my gaze to Mr. Thorne. He was crouched near the fire, methodically adding bits of wood to the flames, completely oblivious to my internal crisis.
Oh my God. Did he notice? Of course, he noticed! How could he not? But he wasn’t saying anything… Was that worse? Did he think this was normal? Did he think I was normal?
I bit my lip and forced myself to look away, focusing on a dark corner of the cave instead.
Act natural. Act natural.
The cave felt simultaneously freezing and suffocating. My skin prickled
