Chapter 22

• His voice was both teasing and serious. My face burned with embarrassment, all my private thoughts and feelings, secrets... exposed. How could he? He wasn't supposed to know of my feelings in this way. Worst of it all, he seemed displeased. This early discovery ruined my plans. Our relationship was supposed to be slow and gradual until he feels something for me but now...
• Oh, this is awkward.
• I lifted my face to look at him, my mind racing with different excuses to calm the heightened tension.