KYLE'S POV.

"I'm all ears." Her soft voice comes through. I clear my throat and adjust on my seat again.

"Um... I uh..." The back of my neck heats just as the thought of how she'd react after I say what I want to say. It's not a very pleasant thing and I can only hope she doesn't get too upset. My hand goes behind my head and I nervously scratch it. "I uh..."

"You..." She asks with raised brows, watching me intensely and following my every move with her eyes.

"Well... the thing is, I used to have feelings for Ashanti." I drop the bomb and wait for its after effect.

One, two, three, ten moments go by and I expect Tessa to scream or scold me or start breaking things or do anything that people do to express anger and disappointment, but she does none of that. She's just sitting really calm and staring at me and that gets me really scared.

No reaction is usually a very bad sign.

"Did you hear what I just said?"

"Yeah."

"And?"

"And nothing." She shrugs.

do you

because

I tilt my head to the side and give her a critical

hell do you mean

just got here. How you treated her with so much care and concern at the training arena, how you showed up at the lounge to steal her away each time she was called up to serve other men and many other instances I can't quite remember anymore. When she explained all these things to me, I figured that you like her and tried to make her understand her but she wouldn't have it. So yeah..." Her shoulders rise and fall. "I knew." There's

am so flabbergasted,

can't be this sweet and understanding. The Moon goddess is

"What's funny?"

in her

A small sigh. "Nothing baby... I'm just you know... happy that you're taking this so well. But hey..." I kiss her hands. "That was all before I found you. Tessa I swear on my life that that night I first saw you, every feeling I've ever had for any other

aware of that. I used to have a few crushes here and there before I found you too, but just like you, those loitering feelings dissolved the second I saw you. It's

just

topic at hand. Let's go back to talking about how to get

my throat and take a more comfortable

who to contact. It's not going to be easy, but I'm going to try and talk to the girls whom I know Alina has recruited once or twice or three times to carry out her evil deeds. I'm even going to visit the ones who have been locked up in

"Yes. I can."

I'm going to talk with those girls and see what I can get out of them or if I can get them to confess with their own mouths what Alina has made them do. I'm sure

It will help a great

moment of silence goes

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