Chapter 18🔒 · ITMHM

I fled straight back to my room.

"We should get used to calling each other by our new names."

After the kiss, that was all I managed to say in response to his quiet voice before blurting out something completely unrelated.

"...It's rather warm today. I think I'll head inside."

Anyone could tell I had panicked.

It was freezing outside, and I was wearing nothing but a thin dress.

I did have a shawl draped over my shoulders, but it wasn't nearly enough to keep out the cold.

Warm?

What was I even talking about...?

To make matters worse, I'd left my shawl behind.

Meanwhile, Johannes had looked perfectly composed.

As though a kiss meant absolutely nothing to him.

He must have done this many times before.

Of course he had.

There was no way a man like him had never been in a relationship.

He'd told me I had…