Chapter 20

HEPHAESTUS POV

I got home and passed a mirror before realizing I had a smile plastered on my face all through the ride.

“This is not good,” I said to myself, happiness surging through me. I was just joking, this was beyond perfect. Our earlier encounter was what kept replaying in my brain.

I could replay it over and over and over again. The way she giggled whenever she found something funny, the habit of smirking whether she wanted to taunt someone. I just loved everything about her.

Everything about her was perfect. Haa, she was perfect, her eyes were perfect, her nose was perfect, and her face was too perfect.

There was this feeling, one I couldn’t place my hands on. I couldn’t explain what it was, but it was bursting through my veins. I have never experienced this feeling, it was pushing me to do things I normally wouldn't do. I hadn't imagined myself walking around a field but I had done it for her, not because I had enjoyed it but her pre