Chapter 55

Annelise's POV

“And why do you sound so surprised that I'm doing the dishes?” Ethan asked me without taking his eyes off the plates he was washing.

“It's surprising. You don't even look like someone who steps foot in the kitchen,” I replied.

He eventually lifted his head and looked at me. “How am I meant to look if I step foot in the kitchen?” He asked, smirking.

“I don't know, maybe less attractive?” I clasped my hand over my mouth immediately after I said that. It was purely a slip of the tongue; I didn't even think twice before voicing it out.

My face was really warm from how hard I was blushing. Ethan now had a proud smirk on his face, “You think I'm attractive?” he asked, the smirk more obvious on his face.

“No, I—it was just a slip of the tongue,” I stuttered.

“Really? You mean to say you don’t mean it at all?”

“I did not,” I confirmed.

That proud smirk on his face started making me uneasy, especially when he started moving closer to me.

I moved back until my back hit the counte