SCARLETT
The words hung in the air between us like some. There's no going back from this.
I just stood there, unable to think, legs still shaking with the sound of my own heartbeat pounding in her ears.
Simon stood up slowly, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand like he'd just finished something normal. Like he hadn't just shattered every rule I had left. My face burned, humiliation crashing through me first, then panic.
“This was a mistake,” I whispered. My voice didn't sound like mine. It sounded small and broken. “It shouldn't have happened.”
Simon didn't answer right away. He just looked at me, that same dark, unreadable stare from the garden. The one that made me feel like he could see every dirty thought I'd ever had.
Then he stepped closer, I backed up until the counter
