Chapter 12

I avoided his gaze as I nodded wordlessly, feeling both ashamed and nervous. Clearing my throat, my hand migrated to my stomach. While I prayed for the car ride to end, a stray thought entered my head that had me choking on air. I coughed so violently that even the driver chanced me a glance through the rearview mirror.
“What is it?” The cursed – Valens asked and I pasted on a fake smile with trembling lips as I forced down another bout of violent coughing.
“N – Nothing,” I managed to answer, feeling dizzy and suffocated under his piercing gaze – a gaze I wanted to escape.