[Rue’s POV]
For the rest of the day, I stay locked in my room pretending to study for courses that I already had pretty good grades in.
I knew that it was a cowardly thing to do, but I just couldn’t bring myself to face Leo and risk him questioning if something more was going on with me.
Of course, I was more than aware that when dinner time rolled around I would need to face him because he would worry if I didn’t eat, but I was sure I could manage to shovel down some food and then escape to my room once again.
And what about your new nightly ritual? The small voice in the back of my head asks. Won’t he be really suspicious when you don’t sleep in the living room with him?
He would, but again I was positive that he wouldn’t ask me anything about it.
That was one of the things I alway
