“…” Kade couldn’t make sense of his own jumbled feelings. On the one hand, it was beyond great that Arden was obviously physically attracted to him, despite the man himself being in denial about it. But on the other… secrecy. They seriously needed to maintain the goddamn secrecy. Forcing himself to face forward again, Kade replied, “You were practically devouring me with your eyes just now, but sure, you weren’t doing anything.” Arden finally returned to his senses when he heard that. Even though he was embarrassed, it was to his credit that he no longer tried to deny it. “Was I…?” he said, clearing his throat. He faced forward as well and continued, “Sorry, then. I’ll stop doing that.” By now, they were already on a long stretch of country road—one that was sparsely populated, and

