He must have felt the shift in my aura because he looked over at me with bewilderment. “Hey, you okay?”
I shook my head as my eyes glared daggers into him. He could hurt me much worse than just mere words. It might not be a coincidence that he pointed out that someone could take the chance to assault me. I’d leaned away from him as far as I could in the car, already thinking about jumping out if I had to. I would hurt like Hades, but Raina would heal me. I think.
“Whoa, calm down,” he said soothingly. “Was it what I said, about being friends? Look. I only meant we can’t be open about being friendly. If Eliza found out, she’d have me transferred out of the house. Or demoted. And I don’t know what new way she’d find to torture you. I don’t want to give her any more reason or ammunition to
