Chapter 18

PS: THIS CHAPTER HAS A DUAL POV AND I THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO GET THE PLOT MOVING LUNETH "I really think it's time for us to discuss intimacy between us." "I was waiting for you to bring it up." His response is quick, as if he had been dying in anticipation for a while. "If you had been waiting, then why did you not bring it up?" "So you don't get the wrong idea." I turn to him with a raised eyebrow. "What does that mean?" "I don't want you to think that I am eager to talk about it. I mean, there is a need to clear the air, but I am fine even if we don't talk about it," he explains. "Well, I think it's important to talk about it." I breathe out, blinking rapidly. Why does talking about it feel almost like doing it? My heart is racing against my ribcage hard, and the hair on my body stands. "It is," he responds, but none of us says anything again. We just stand staring at each other as if we are hoping to unravel something with our eyes instead. I take a deep breath because the tension