Chapter One Hundred And Twenty-Three

Rae’s POV

We stood in silence, holding each other’s gaze as we exchanged words in silence. The tension between us was thick, you could cut through it.

“Goodnight, Rae.” Lucas bent down to kiss my cheek, lingering longer than he usually did.

He let go of my hand and turned to walk away.

“Wait—“ I began, making him stop in his stride.

There was every chance that I was going to regret this by morning but I didn’t care right now. I couldn’t get thoughts about him out of my head and I was done trying to discard my feelings.

Lucas turned to face me, waiting in silence as his eyes searched my face.

“Do you want to come inside?” I whispered, hoping I would be audible enough.

The slight smile on his face gave me the answer I needed.

“What about your nausea? Won’t anything—“

“The doctor assured me that I would be perfectly healthy.” I cut him short, pushing my door open and making my way in hoping he would follow suit.

I turned around immediately I heard my door slam shut with a soft t