Chapter Thirty-Four: Holding Back

Chapter 34

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Percy Pov

She knew what happened between me and Greta, I expected her to look at me with those eyes but instead it was something different, she wanted to know if I was okay. No one has bothered to ask me if I was fine, ever since I realized that I was in the wrong, the guilt ate through me every single day but Eden didn’t add to it. When she touched me I didn’t mean to flinch but it surprised me, she shouldn’t be nice to me. She shouldn’t feel sorry for me, she should blame me and make me feel horrible.

When my eyes locked with hers I felt my insider tearing out, anger and pain and sadness along with thousands of emotions washed over me.

“It’s okay-” she assured me. No it’s not. I wanted to argue. “I’m here Perc-” that was enough to push me off the cliff I was trying so hard to avoid, I reached out for her and with no regrets I kissed her.

Her lips were warm and tasted like the wine she drank earlier, she doesn’t fight me and wraps her arms around my neck. My hands