Kai paused for a moment, and his body tensed up.
In his mind, he wanted to believe that he must've heard it wrong, but with Matilda so close to him, there was no chance that his ears betrayed him. No chance for him to hear her words wrong. But still, he wanted to believe that they were wrong.
Hesitantly, he turned to look at Matilda, expecting her eyes to be elsewhere.
But they weren't.
Her unblinking dark golden eyes were fixated on him—almost like a statement that she really did mean what she said. That his ears worked perfectly. And as if to make it even clearer, she parted her lips again, "I want you to sleep on the bed."
"Matilda…" Kai stuttered, at a loss for words. "I don't think that's a good idea."
"Why?"
"I'm a guy, and you're a girl. And not to mention, there's Bree… Layra… You know the deal."
"I'm still corrupted, and it's really cold because of the rain. What if I got sick tomorrow?"
