Rose's POV
Lucas didn't say a word; his eyes were slightly looking up at me as his hands held onto the table so tightly. He held his gaze on me for so long that it felt like a lifetime.
I suddenly felt nervous, with his eyes trailing all over me, kind of making me unable to breathe.
“What was going on in his mind? Wasn't he going to say anything?" I asked myself as I shifted my weight from one leg to the other.
But still, there was nothing from him. Lucas still didn't say a word.
The silence pierced through the room like a needle into the skin, and I just couldn't stand it anymore.
I wanted to say something, to end this nerve-racking silence between us, but that was when I heard Lucas's voice say.
“No... I thought I made myself clear before; you are not leaving here without me," he
