[Lance’s POV]
“Oh, right.”
Violet’s voice is low, and I can see the disappointment in her eyes from my response. Immediately, I want to make up for it, but how? Could I give her a bit of a reason why I didn’t want to talk about my choice of a possible mate? Was it really that big of a deal?
“Sorry,” she continues, making my heart squeeze. “I didn’t mean to push. It’s just that…” That what? I’m a coward that doesn’t want to get serious about anyone? That I didn’t want to give her the slightest bit of hope if I told her that as of now, she’s the closest to what I would want in a partner? “I don’t date.”
It’s all I can say, and I can only hope that she doesn’t ask why, but the minute her eyes light up with excitement over me opening up the slightest bit, I know that I shouldn’t have said
