Elena POV
Almost instantly, he moved back and pulled his hand away, averting his gaze from mine. “it’s no longer important.”
“What?” I looked down at my hand before looking back up at him. “Is it that bad?”
“It’s nothing.” He said, still not looking at me. “Don’t worry about it.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Tell me.”
He looked back at me then, staring at me in silence for so long that I began to question if he had even heard the statement. Just as I was about to ask again, he spoke,
“Why didn’t you tell her no? You could have made up an excuse or something.”
I blinked once. Twice. Then carefully, I asked, “why didn’t I tell who, no?”
He huffed out a long breath like he was annoyed, yet he held my gaze. “Cassandra. Why didn’t you refuse when she brought up the topic of us going on a
