CLEO’S POV
I stood in Ash’s room, grappling with a mix of uncertainty and desire as he extended an invitation that both thrilled and terrified me.
Go anywhere with him? Go to a cinema with him? So randomly and so late in the evening?
I stared at him for longer, trying and failing at deciphering what was going on in his mind. We hadn’t seen each other or even spoken for days and suddenly, he wanted us to go somewhere together?
“A cinema?” I finally spoke up after a long deafening silence. “Um, okay.”
What harm could going to a cinema bring anyways? We were just going to be in an enclosed dark space but dozens of other people like us. It wasn’t a big deal.
Right?
“Oh,” Ash blinked, almost like he wasn’t expecting my response. “Okay. Let’s go then.”
I watched him reach for his car key
