“I'm sorry about that, Chrysalis. I haven't seen him since I left years ago,” he nervously chuckled. “You can't fault me for thinking he's still the child he was, can you?”
“No,” I gulped, happy I cut his son's words short before he could complete it. If he had completed those words, I doubt Gordon would have let me stay in his house for one second.
He will see it as me trying to seduce his son because I'm the older one among us, and I'm supposed to teach him, not let him do whatever he pleases, with me.
“Thank you,” he smiled at me.
“Mmm.”
My heart was heavy throughout dinner. I didn't say a word to Gordon, fearing I might give everything away if I so much as opened my mouth to speak.
Gordon helped me wash the plates after dinner before he retired to his study, to complete his w
