Maria was agreeably surprised to notice that Kyle had kind of lost interest in her. The following day, when he had joined them for lunch, he didn't flirt with her. Not once.
Of course, she was feeling beyond pleased at that, but what was gnawing at her were some brief looks he kept giving her all through the meal. He seemed genuinely intrigued and somehow perplexed.
Maria, however, couldn't bring herself to care enough to question him about that. It shouldn't matter, right?
The day had passed by a blur, and they – she, together with Felicity and Kelly – were soon happily exiting the school building. They had almost reached Felicity's car when they heard him ask looking concerned, "Are you going somewhere?"
Maria turned around and felt instantly captive of that smoldering gaze that was
