"…"
Gray blinked.
For a second, the world around him seemed to be frozen. The sounds of the city dimmed, and the glow from the streetlights blurred.
Chloe's words lingered in the air as it is to his mind.
"Do you want to stay with me tonight?"
His first reaction was surprise.
He hadn't expected that—not from her, not tonight. But her expression was honest, her gaze, as it looked at him, was steady.
There wasn't anything coy or teasing about it.
She wasn't playing around.
Chloe meant her words.
'…It'd be a lie to say it doesn't sound good,' Gray thought.
He was a man. He had needs, too. It'd been a long time since someone had looked at him like that, made an offer like that. Chloe was beautiful, charming, and tonight, she had made him laugh more than he had in months.
The idea of ending the night wrapped in warmth, closeness, maybe even pleasure… it was tempting.
He was human.
But even so—
No.
