“Are you okay now?” Damien’s soft voice enveloped my ears when I finally seemed to calm down.
I don’t know how long it took me to stop crying. All I know is Damien was there for me and he didn’t leave me alone. We’re even awkwardly hugging in the backyard and he didn’t complain about it!
I lifted my gaze at him and nodded. His eyes are sorrowful as he stared at me. He raised his hand and caressed my face, wiping the tears off my cheeks.
“We should go home,” he told me.
I shook my head. “We have lots of things to do,” I replied.
His jaw clenched. “It’s okay. I’ll ask someone else to do that for us.”
I stared at him and thought about his conversation with Porter. He is cousins with them. Then does that mean…my eyes widened in realization.
“Oh, my god!”
He narrowed his eyes at m
