I curled my hands into fists. “I wasn’t pretending to be infatuated with you.” Nyktos eyed me. “You weren’t pretending at all.” The back of my neck tingled. “That wasn’t what I was saying.” “I know, but that doesn’t change the truth of it. It was never an act. None of it.” I sucked in a shrill breath. “Congratulations on realizing that when it’s too late,” I snapped.
