40. Capture the moment

Dahlia Carrington

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“You know I like you right?”

Taken aback by the random confession, I turned to look at Roman and it didn’t seem like he was joking at all. We’d all been watching a movie, but Aurelie was the first to leave because she had a class in an hour. Clementine and her boyfriend left to her room, most likely fucking if the random moans were anything to go by, leaving Prisha, Roman, and I together.

Roman visited our house regularly as he was really close with Prisha so it was nothing new. Prisha had gone into the kitchen to make a new batch of popcorn and Roman had taken that time to confess to me.

I didn’t know what to say, which was why the only thing that left my mouth was, “Oh.”

Roman blinked, most likely offended. “Oh?”

I shrugged guiltily. “Well, I don’t know what to say.”

He bit on his bottom lip, nodding to himself. “Why don’t we go on a date?”

I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. How the hell did I get into this kind of situation? How would I turn him do