~VENUS~
"His expression remains stuck in my mind, Vee. I almost got my life squeezed out of me." His laughter seizes and his lips tug upward in the end, "He could try though."
Leo hasn't stopped rattling since Lewis's departure.
"He doesn't like me." He voices out the obvious and earns an eye roll from me. I reach for another knife from a drawer.
My voice comes out weary, " Yes he doesn't. He's just jealous." My tone lowers, speaking out the next forbidden words, "I like that,"
Leo stays quiet and I force myself not to look his way. My patience runs low so I give up and meet his eyes. My chest tightens from feeling dirty from how intensively he assesses me. I poke his thigh with the end of the knife.
"Are you really okay, Venus?" There's so much desperation and worry in his captivat
