Lila Grant.
His eyebrows met in a perfect line between them. "Why would I leave you?"
I breathed out. "You said something about having to move the team, so I figured that was code for far away. Somewhere I wouldn't hear about."
"If I had a brain, that's what I'd do. But it appears I'm a bit of a dumbass."
I playfully slapped his hand. "No, you're not. You're probably the smartest person I know."
He lowered his chin to rest on my bed railing, eyes angled up to me. I'd never noticed before how long and thick his eyelashes were. I could be happy spending the rest of my life noticing these small beautiful things about him. "I'm not. I didn't trust you. Not a hundred percent. I wouldn't allow myself."
"Well, my personal feelings aside, that only makes you intelligent.".
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