"Wh-what?" I stumbled out of his reach, falling back onto the couch as Cain remains fixated in his spot.
He merely watches me from where he sat, an unreadable expression on his face. Meanwhile, my heart was beating almost a hundred beats per minute as my face flushed at the implication of his statement.
But even so, there are far too many things at stake for him to say such a thing. He probably said something else and I misheard it. Right... The solution should probably be to evade what he said completely and I can do that by...
"Y-you're suddenly trying to be funny. But that's a pretty bad joke... And out of the blue too... Haha... Maybe your brain is really all jumbled up after that flight. We really need to get some rest..." I tried to gaslight him, hoping he would take the hint and drop the topic as I climbed off the couch and tried to scurry away.
