54 Zoe's birthday party (3)

Author's note: This is from Zoe's point of view

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I was surprised when Luca jolted away from me like I have some contagious disease.

What's wrong with him? Did I miss something important?

Luca never refused my touch, and I wanted only to hold his hand. It was super-innocent compared to that night when I crawled in his bed and ended up groping him in the morning. He was totally fine with that, why did he act like this for holding hands? Is it because Ash is here? No. Luca and I held hands many times before in front of Ash and it was never a big deal.

Luca's rejection bothered me more than I wanted to admit.

"Is something wrong?", I asked Luca.

Luca glanced at Ash and then he spoke to me. "Did you forget about his ability?"

My eyes widened in horror as I stood up abruptly, moving away from Ash's reach. How could I forget? He can read the minds of the people he is touching!