*Caterina*
My whole body went still.
“What?”
I thought for sure I’d accidentally misheard Elio when he spoke. But by the confident look on his face when I turned my head to glance back at him, I knew right then and there that he was completely serious.
“I said, let me plan a trip for us,” he repeated.
A small smile started to curve the corners of his mouth.
My brows pulled together in hesitation over his unexpected suggestion. A trip? Right now? Was that seriously the best idea given our current situation?
I parted my lips to speak but nothing immediately came out. That unsettling feeling that I’d been battling nearly the whole day started to rush back in with a bitter vengeance on me. Meanwhile, Elio’s eyes glanced over my worried features with a notion of concern.
“What is it?” he asked.
I lightly shook my head. “I just... don’t think a trip would be a good idea right now.”
He tilted his head and gave me a look of genuine interest. “Why?”
