Kelsey’s POV

I expected him to say something. I expected him to demand that I stay quiet, or pull the mask back over my face to hide himself.

Instead, he stood up and pulled away from me.

One second his heavy, warm weight was holding me down on the couch, and the next, he was completely gone.

A sharp, broken breath tore from my throat at the sudden emptiness.

“Wait—!”

I reached out blindly, my hands scrambling against the couch to find him. My legs were shaking so hard from everything that had happened that my knees folded under me. I collapsed back onto my elbows, my head spinning, my...