#Chapter 98: May I Have This Dance?

Zarek’s POV

In reality, I’ve only waited for Elara’s response for a handful of seconds.

...and yet, somehow, it still feels like forever.

This is nothing but a simple request for a dance, and yet it is so much more.

If she rejects me in this, perhaps she is rejecting me in every other way as well.

She should have rejected me, given all the wrongs I’ve done... B