Eloise stood in the hallway, frozen.
Her eyes locked on the floor, her hand resting on the doorframe as if her fingers were afraid to let go. Last night… The memory flared hot in her chest, a storm she couldn't escape. ‘I held his… oh moon goddess, what the hell is wrong with me?’
She pressed her fingers into her temples. ‘It was a mistake. He was scared. It meant nothing. I was trying to help him since he forgot how to vent … that's all.’ But no matter how she spun it, her mind kept replaying the weight of him in her palm, the raw vulnerability in his eyes as he whispered her name. Heat prickled across her cheeks.
‘Snap out of it, Eloise. He doesn’t even understand what happened.’
She took a deep breath and stepped into the kitchen, her expression stiff. The sunlight poured across the
