"I need to go. We should forget everything that happened between us. Needless to say, it was a big mistake."
*utter silence following this announcement*
"What? You better be kidding!" Cai exclaimed, his voice tinged with disbelief as he recovered his voice a few heartstopping seconds later. Just a few moments later, he then noticed Lily falling back in laughter, unable to contain herself.
"You should have seen your face!" she teased, her eyes sparkling with mischief.
"Because it wasn't funny! I was genuinely scared that you were going to slip into some state of denial or something! I was even wondering if I could turn back time and avoid telling you anything at all or if I needed to catch a plane and get there on the next flight," Cai shot back, frustration creeping into his tone, even as he felt relief at her laughter. She was just kidding, he reminded himself, tempted to pat himself to calm his heart.
