~CELINE~

I spent the entire next day avoiding Hunter.

After our quarrel in his study, I couldn't bear to see the regret in his eyes again. Another mistake, he'd called it. The words still burned.

I kept busy with Caesar, who was recovering nicely from his virus. We colored together, watched cartoons, and I even convinced Sally to let us bake cookies in the kitchen.

Anything to keep my mind off Hunter Reid and the way my heart raced whenever I thought of him standing so close to me, almost ...