"And you're mine."
The words sink in a few seconds later and my eyes widen at my bluntness.
Kudos to you, Emerald. You've made a fool out of yourself again. I facepalm mentally. What the hell is wrong with me? Now he'll think of me as another one of those desperate girls who follow him around.
Brant doesn't respond to my statement. I gather courage and hesitantly look up at him. What I saw, surprised me. He is smiling.
Why is he smiling?
At your stupidity, duh.
Really subconscious? Is that so?
Of course! Why would he want to smile at you unless it is to mock you.
"Why are you smiling?" I blurt out.
He turns to look at me. "Did you say something?"
"Why are you smiling?" I repeat.
He looks surprised for a second. "No reason." He shrugs and turns to look back at the lake.
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