Hestia just nods as an answer to Avery’s request. It took her 10 seconds to realize what Avery just ask her.
Stay. Here. For. The. Meantime.
Meaning? Alone. Here. With. Avery?
Alone with her after that incident?
Oh hell no-
Hestia gulped down hard and tried to focus on her book. She had brows furrowed as she kept reading the paragraph because no matter how many times she read it, she can’t understand what was written there not because the words were complicated words but because her mind is no longer functioning or maybe it was too busy trying to calm her heart.
Hestia flinched when she felt a warm soft hand touch her exposed knee. She’s only wearing short cotton shorts that barely reached her middle thighs but because she’s sitting, it looks even shorter. The touch sent a shiver
