Chapter 357

Cecilia 's pov "My hallucination ?" I repeated. Even to my own ears, my voice sounded far away. "So you’re saying Harper never ran out here ? Tang didn’t jump out a window ? I made all of that up ?" I stared at Sebastian’s face in the moonlight. "So I’m just... crazy ?" I reached up and touched his jaw, feeling the stubble beneath my fingers. "And you ? For all I know, you’re not even real. If I blink, maybe you’ll disappear, and I’ll wake up back on the couch with Harper and Tang, watching some dumb movie." The more I talked, the more I felt like I was losing touch with reality. I knew I was awake, but everything felt off. Sebastian didn’t answer right away. I caught a flicker of regret on his face. He didn’t say a word. So I threw my arm around his neck and bit his shoulder. Hard. "Yep. Definitely a hallucination," I muttered. Sebastian let out a breath that was half laugh, half sigh. "Right. I’m 100% imaginary. Close your eyes, count to a thousand, and I’ll be gone." Then he picked