28. Your Sister Was Beautiful

His smoldering gaze was too much for me to handle, so I looked down at the coffee I was making for him. After few minutes of silence, he pulled away from me and leaned on the kitchen counter beside me, his face was facing me. I released the breath that I was holding in with relief.

His presence was too intimidating today. Because you almost got caught, my inner voice told me and it was absolutely true.

"So… tell me, Adeline, Don't you think it is hard to stay with your brother and that too in a crumpled apartment like this? Where do you sleep? It seems like there is only one bed here." He asked me casually, tucking his hands in his pockets. His eyes never strayed away from my face, as if he was mesmerized by me. And it looked like he didn't want to miss out on my expressions.

"If you don't mind, when will you leave?" I asked him with a frown. He raised his eyebrows at me with a smirk.

"Why? Already affected by my presence." He asked me with a twitch o