“I don't understand.” Athena feigns stupidity. But her mother’s glare brings her senses back. Surely, she didn't use all her brain cells in school.
Seeing that there is no way to get out of it. Not with her mother looking like a raging tigress and her father so clueless he'll take anything given, she takes deep breathes. She can hear her heartbeat but she doesn't even understand why she is nervous. She is an adult for God’s sake.
Hell, she could insist that she doesn't know what is going on, but she can't bring herself to deny Lucien. Not like this. Not in a million years.
“We’re waiting...” Amelia prompts.
“I'm dating Lucien.” she blurts out. Her words are followed by a relieved sigh from herself and her two mates who were as nervous as Amelia was to know her answer.
“What about him?
