Aaliyah watched with apprehension as the Adam apple in Ezekiel’s throat worked up and down again. She was worrying about how he would response to her confession of love. Would he reject her? He’d already proclaimed that he didn’t believe her words.
“What the hell!” she exclaimed in belated realization and so suddenly that it made Ezekiel jump in fright. “I believe you could read minds!”
A semblance of smile tugged at the corner of his lips. “Feels better to hear you speak about how you feel,” he replied gruffly.
“So you knew I was not lying all this time? There’s no way I could fake all this, right?” she insisted with comical emphasis.
“Yeah,” he admitted roughly. “I would have thought otherwise if you were a vampire. But a mere human would not have the capacity to lie to me. I woul
