164. Different Worlds

~ CASIMIR ~

I realized I’d stayed open to her in my mind, so Jesse had seen flashes of what I envisioned when I thought of the two of us together.

“It’s not a joke!”

“You don’t want me to want you?” I said, tipping my head, trying to decide if she was adorable, or being childish.

“No! I mean, yes, of course I do. But no, that’s not what’s bothering me.”

“Then what is it?”

Her brows pinched a V over her nose. “I guess it’s… it’s that it feels less special when you know other people are… aware of i