Penelope's POV
Attraction?
The moment I saw his fiercely ice blue eyes, they did not simply look at me; they pierced straight through my soul. In that single heartbeat, I knew I had felt something I had never experienced before.
Crush?
Perhaps… I still cannot say for certain.
I do not understand why I am drawn to him like this. Is it merely the surface, something physical, or is it something deeper?
I could not make sense of it, yet every time I saw him, the entire day softened into something gentle and bright, as if the world itself had decided to be kinder for a while.
Everything felt overwhelming, like warmth bubbling and rising inside my stomach, light and restless, refusing to settle.
I could not understand why I was feeling this way, why my thoughts kept circling back to him without permission.
Was it because I wanted to be saved, like some foolish damsel clinging to a fantasy?
