Chapter 178. You Should Leave

Hermes POV

Song recommendation: YAD– Vannna Ranielle.

Her gaze lifts.

I watch the way her eyes widen, the way color crawls up her neck and settles on her cheeks.

That look—God—that look alone is enough to rip the restraint out of me.

She shouldn’t look at me like that.

Not when I’m this close.

Not when I’m already fighting myself.

I brace both hands on the cabinet above her head, gripping the edges because I need something to hold onto before I reach for her instead.

“What?” she stutters, dropping her gaze. “I’m not… thinking about—”

She stops.

Her eyes are no longer on my face. They’re on my trousers.

I follow her stare downwards and inhale sharply, jaw tightening.

Of course she can see it.

I’m hard—too hard—and there’s no hiding it when the damn hospital pajamas cling to everything.

I shut my eyes and shift away from her, trying to breathe through the heat hammering through my blood.