Rose immediately shook the book as she clasped it close, her face turning crimson, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment as she quickly shook her head. One reason she usually borrowed books from the library was because she knew how she got when she read—she never stayed still. If a story got too intense, she'd roll around on her bed, scream into a pillow, or even argue with the characters out loud.
That was exactly why she borrowed those kinds of books instead of reading them at the library—there, she could be alone, free to pour out every emotion without judgment and shout all she wanted. But now… Zethan was here.
Not to mention the fact that, in all the books she'd read, she had never encountered such an out-of-the-blue part. It had certainly caught her off guard. Normally, the books she read built up to these kinds of scenes in the later chapters. That was why she'd told him she would only be reading chapter one.
