Chapter 107: _Moving On
Kaene slowly turned his gaze to me, but the expression on his face was not a welcome sight.
The corners of his eyes crumpled into a frown, his eyes snapped in a weird mix of confusion and anger as he walked back slowly towards me.
"What do you mean, ’drugged’?" He asked with dimmed eyes, his interest piqued.
I sighed, fiddling nervously with my fingers before I explained. "I had a discussion explaining everything that happened that night with my family and I–"
"Everything?" Kaene repeated with a complicated expression on his face.
My face heated up when I realized what he was insinuating but I quickly shook my head. "Not necessarily everything! I just told them what I felt before it happened and... And the events leading up to it."
He didn’t seem convinced but remained silent, folding his arms in front of his chest.
I sighed in relief, a little grateful deep inside.
Before I left, Kaene seemed like he wanted nothing more than to avoid my existence and never talk to me again.
The fact that he was willing to hear what I had to say about this was reassuring.
"Anyway, my mother pointed out something that had me thinking." I continued, adjusting my sitting position on the bed. "I’m not much of a drinker but a few glasses of alcohol shouldn’t be enough to get me drunk. Even if it does, it shouldn’t be enough to get me THAT drunk."