SOLANA "You're...serious?" I breathed, searching his eyes. He brought a hand to my face, his fingers lightly tracing along my cheekbone. "Why? Are you afraid? Or maybe you suck at seduction as well," he droned and rolled off me smoothly. I blinked at the ceiling, flabbergasted. He started to head to the bathroom, and that's when I sat up, blurting out the words that had been choking me, literally. "Are you really not going to talk about what happened earlier?" I asked. He froze. "How bad is it? Your illness, I mean." He lowered his gaze, his hands curling into fists. "I'm not dying, if that's what you're afraid of. I will get better, you don't have to worry," he replied. But that's the thing, how could I not be worried? That question lingered on my mind as I took out the steamin

