Chapter 46: "Thank you for the breakfast, Sophia.  It was delicious.”

Caelum sits and it’s like everything about him is different today….

There’s a shine to his skin. A glow to his eyes. A deeper darker tint to his hair.

I squirm in my seat until I remember who I am and stop it. Alora is looking from one of us to the other, and when I see what her eyes land on particularly, I feel something in my throat lock up.

Caelum raises his phone in his hand and I hear the sound of it unlocking.

“That color looks nice on you.”

Caleum is leaning into his seat.

His posture, one of a typical worried man, shoulders hunched, a frown trying to line his face. He’s looking at his phone so I guess he’s attending to something on there, but he just complimented me, and his compliment sounds genuine, so making sure I pick my words carefully, I respond,

“Thank you.

Yours looks… not so bad either.”

Alora makes an almost choking sound and I give her a side glare, but from the corner of my eyes, I can see the shadow of a smile tickle Caleum’s lips.

Just the lightest quirk of th