Unsaid Confessions

I hesitated. "I guess. Olivia's not really a fighter. When we were kids, she used to cry when the boys in my class teased me. I didn't cry though. I just… punched them."

His laugh was low, rough velvet. "Of course you did."

"Well they wouldn't stop making fun of me," I muttered.

"For what?"

I hesitated again. Didn't answer. I couldn't. Because it was something I didn't want to remember. He didn't push.

But something twisted in my chest. Because here I was, practically wrapped in this man, melting in his kiss, sharing things I didn't tell just anyone… and I still didn't know a single damn thing about his past.

So I asked, before I could stop myself. "What about you? Your family?"

Kael was silent.

Then, finally, "You know the basics. Big family. Too many companies. Too many expectations."

"That's not what I asked."