•100•I Know It Sounds Crazy

When Skylar told him that she wanted things to be civil between them, Luca hadn't expected her to take the word so literally. From greeting him and responding to his greetings to answering his questions and asking him some without a hint of hostility, Skylar had been nothing but polite following his departure from her house a week ago.

But that was exactly the problem; that she'd been too polite, too civil.

He'd thought that he could take advantage of her decision to stop being hostile towards him to get closer to her. But he realized very quickly that not much had changed. Skylar was still putting distance between them. She'd just changed the method.

But things had still been looking bright.

Until yesterday. Until his mother had hurt and humiliated her so badly in front of their family members.

After what happened yesterday, he knew he'd been shoved right back into the dark zone.

He knew it the moment she shrunk away from his touch back at the chapel. The resentful gleam in her eyes