Turning Up The Tension

[Fallon’s POV]

"C-cheer?" I repeat, my heart kicking into overdrive. "How?"

At my words, a slow smile began to spread across Fineon’s handsome face, lighting his eyes up and making him seem so much younger and carefree.

"Does that mean you’ll allow me to?"

Nodding, I wait as he continues to stare down at me with that dazzling smile of his. Goddess, he truly was handsome.

"Why not."

I don’t know exactly what I expected to happen next, but it wasn’t for him to suddenly release me, sending waves of disappointment through me.

Dammit, I needed to get my shit together. I was supposed to be resisting him!

Trying to pretend that everything was alright, I watch as Fineon looks around the area, stopping here and there to pick up rocks. Once he has collected enough, he turns to me and holds them out for me to examine.

"Are you going to throw those at me?" I ask, raising a brow. "Or…"

Instead of responding, he throws one up in the air and then another. Before long, all five are moving together as