I blushed
As I sat down across from Mr. Carlson, my heart was beating so hard it felt like it would explode, and I noticed my hands were slightly sweaty. “
Lena, are you listening?” he suddenly asked, and I realized he’d already been talking, but I’d been so lost in thought about Emmett and what he could possibly have meant that I hadn’t heard him.
“Oh! Sorry… You were saying?” I asked, feeling my cheeks redden in embarrassment.