“I was hoping we could chat.” Her smile was sweetly mischievous, making Nathaniel want to howl and beat on something. She was supposed to be overwrought. Not cute, dammit. He’d never had to fight off all these s****l and emotional needs while he was on duty before. And couldn’t say he was liking the new experience much. “Chat? About what?” he asked. “Well a lot of things that we did not have the chance to talk about before,” said Cassandra. Her smile did not waver from her lips as she took a sip. Nathaniel felt that he was being dipped into a furnace and a bucket of ice-cold water both together at the same time. “I don’t think that is a really good idea. Because I might not be able to answer all of your questions,” said Nathaniel. He knew that it might not be the answer that she want

