Chapter 40
"I'm sorry."
It felt like I had used up all the apologies I would ever give in my lifetime today.
As soon as I finished speaking, Lukas's faint smile disappeared with a snap. He shook his head and pressed his fingers against his temple. So that laid-back act was just a performance. Huh. I thought it was real.
Lukas let out a deep sigh and looked at me with sharp eyes.
"If you don't plan on climbing that clock tower, stay put."
Again, he left me with nothing to say.
"Well, sometimes people change their minds... or so they say."
That must have been the wrong answer. Lukas's gaze turned even sharper. If looks could kill, I’d be dead already. Wait—was there a hidden mastermind in the novel I didn’t know about? What if it was Lukas all along?
"Just kidding."
As I added that, Lukas let out a small breath, almost a scoff.
"Wow, I’d love to learn from you."
Yeah, I don’t think so. But if I said that out loud, this conversation would take a turn for the worse, so I simply shrugged and kept my mouth shut.