Chapter 218

My throat tightened as uncertainty swept over me.

"I ... I'm not sure," I murmured.

His fingers grazed my cheek softly, his gaze locked onto me, studying every flicker of emotion. "Would it upset you if we did that?"

I caught the hesitance in his tone, and a thought stirred in my mind.

He was scared, worried that I might hold this against him.

"It would," I admitted.

As expected, the light in his