[Rue’s POV]
I stare at Leo, my heart hammering in my chest as his words slowly begin to give me a false hope that I shouldn’t have.
“You missed me,” I say slowly, my heart wavering. “In what way?”
It was a ridiculous question and one that I was certain would crack the little bit of hope that I was beginning to have, at least, that was what I was trying to do, but with the way Leo stares at me, his expression pained, his eyes filled with longing, I can’t stop that small hope from growing.
“Leo,” I say slowly, the world around us disappearing. “What exactly do you want from me?”
Tell me. I beg silently. Tell me that you are seeing me as me and not as my mother.
I knew it was selfish to want this.
I knew that I shouldn’t hope for anything, but I desperately wanted to know that he was s
