Her heart was pounding in her chest as she waited to hear what he would say in response.
If after everything she had done to get to this point, after all the cuts she had sustained, her sleepless night, and all the lies she had told her father to evade the real reason she had snuck in through the window… he still hated her, then everything had been for naught.
He remained silent for a while at first.
Then, he turned his head towards her fully.
"Are you sure you want to waste your victory on that?"
She blinked.
What else did she want from him?
"Would you rather kiss me than answer that?"
Something flickered in his eyes as he considered her words.
"I sometimes do not know what I was thinking when I said what I said." He began calmly.
Even her lungs forgot how to function…
