THALIA'S POV.
Even now with my eyes down and without looking up, I could still feel their shocked and surprised eyes on me. For some reason, I'm not even sure of, I wanted at that moment to open the ground and bury myself. I felt like I was standing in the center of the entire universe, with everyone watching and judging me. Before I knew it, I felt my eyes start to tear up despite everything, despite all the promises I'd made to myself.
At that moment, it felt like the room suddenly shrunk to half of its size, and I just wanted to run away. Unfortunately, before I could even move a single step, I felt his arm go around my waist, pulling me to his chest, causing me to let out my own gasp of shock, almost like he'd seen my escape plan coming. At this rate, I wouldn't even be surprised if
