Glow up session

/ELENA’S POV/

“Can I sit here?” Allen inquires but I move away from where I was to make him understand that he is not welcome around me.

“I am sorry for what happened earlier,” he apologizes as he takes his seat next to me but I scoff in disdain.

“I feel like I must have made you feel stupid by my actions, considering the fact that you blindly trusted me, a stranger but the truth is that I really didn’t want to take advantage of you, I just had to do what I had to do,” he explains.

“You don’t owe me an explanation, so just pocket it,” I answer him in a harsh tone, my words laced with disdain.

“Come on Elena…” he urges but I look up and down at him condescendingly.

“Ever since I started talking to you, I have not lied to you, I only took advantage of your desperation to help you into the palace as per Asher's orders,” he says in an attempt to justify his actions.

“It's fine,” I answer him coldly.

“You also lied to me to make me help you, so aren’t we even now?” he presents.

“You are r