Lumi’s POV
Silence drifted between us. My words are still hanging between us.
‘We’re not even married.’
And his,
‘Then let’s get married.’
I stare at him, waiting for a smirk, a take-back, a just kidding. It doesn’t come, he’s not moving nor is he blinking.
Just watching me, like he’s waiting for me to understand what I just started. My chest tightens.
“That’s not funny,” I say finally.
My voice comes out lighter than I feel, like if I don’t take it seriously, it won’t be real.
“It wasn’t meant to be.”
He says that with no hesitation, or humor. My stomach drops.
“Briggs—” I let out a breath, shaking my head slightly. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
There, I said it.
Now take it back, step out, undo it. But he doesn’t react the way I expect. He doesn’t let it go. Instead, he ta
