~Zoe~
Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened, whether in shock or fear, I didn’t know, and I didn’t care enough to find out. I was more interested in knowing the little secret that she shared with Niklaus about me that was too big for me to be let in on.
“You have 5 seconds before you have to kiss your life and everything that you know goodbye”
I kept my face Stoic with no smile in sight, so it was difficult for her to know whether I was fibbing or not. I knew that Niklaus, coming to check in on me, was already sending some kind of message about our relationship which was yet to be confirmed or denied. Her not knowing what exactly was going on was what I was banking on to make her speak.
“5…”
I started counting down while maintaining eye contact with her. She thought I was jokin
