I honestly had no idea what was going through her head, but whatever it was, it scared me more than I was willing to admit. I had never seen her express an emotion quite like it. It looked like she had a plan.
My heart was beating a mile a minute and I wasn’t sure whether it had been caused by fear of anticipation. Either way, it was something that I wouldn’t be able to change or get rid of anytime soon, even if I tried. Because their influences were beyond me control.
“You’re smarter than I thought you were.”
There was something about the way that he seemed to talk down on her, something about the fact that he did so without fail that didn’t sit right with me. It was almost as if he was doing so in order to convince himself more than he was telling her.
It made me question so many th
