Calista
I left Aerion’s office, silently praying that my face had not betrayed me and my emotions had not been plastered on my face plain as day for him to see.
Apologizing for leaving his engagement party early now felt stupid, especially when he told me it was not necessary. And the fact that we had ignored the elephant in the room made me wonder if that was going to be something unspoken between us.
I had barely held his gaze through the whole conversation, all I could remember was the interrupted dream and how I was in the very room where it had happened. I could only hope my eyes hadn’t betrayed that ache inside, I felt like a dog staring at a steak it knows it can’t have.
The cool morning air hit my skin as I stepped outside, and despite the mildness of the breeze, it did thing
