Selene leaned against the cool wall, her gaze fixed on the ceiling.
The silence pressed around her, but her thoughts were anything but quiet.
Her heart had finally stopped pounding after her outburst, but the uneasy heaviness in her chest refused to leave.
'What's wrong with me?'
She already knew the answer.
The moment her heart had skipped when Ethan smiled at her earlier, it had told her everything she didn't want to admit.
'Do I… like him?'
Her face flushed as the realization hit her like a tidal wave.
It felt like a ridiculous thought at first, but the more Selene tried to look at her behaviour objectively, the more she felt like she had finally found the answer to her feelings.
This wasn't some fleeting admiration or a casual crush. It was deeper. More dangerous.
Selene bit her bottom lip, feeling her pulse quicken as memories flooded her mind. Ethan's quiet strength.
His unwavering loyalty. The way he always stood by her side, no matter how dangerous things got.
