“W-what are you saying? Why would I be jealous? I was just–I just–“

I stopped as he chuckled, but this time, his laugh was genuine and heartwarming. My breathing stopped for a moment as he pulled me impossibly closer as I was almost on my toes. My head tilted back, and he leaned down on my face, breathing in the same air as me. Hot and warm. Something tingly touched my cheeks when I realised it was his hot breath.

“You just what, little mouse?”

His turquoise eyes held me in a hypnotic daze, forgetting about everything and everyone. Nothing mattered except the pounding of my heart and butterflies in...