RALI
The fork froze halfway to my mouth. I nearly choked on the salad I'd been forcing down my throat. A violent cough seized me, and I bent forward, hand to my chest, struggling to steady my breath.
I snapped my head toward him, my eyes wide in disbelief like he wasn't human. Only a monster could say something like that with such detachment; like my virginity was a contract and he was just waiting for the ink to dry.
He really thought I remained a virgin all these years so someone like him—a demon in human skin—would come claim it?
Oh, I'd rather fall down a cliff.
"And you have to pick a date within the next seven days," he added casually.
If it wasn't for the fact that he was faster and stronger in every way, I'd have lunged at him with my fork and aimed straight for his eye.
