Ethan's POV
"Stella..." I caught her wrist. "Baby, please. It was seriously just a stupid bet. There's no one else. How could there be when I have the most beautiful, brilliant, absolutely not average girlfriend in the world?"
She tried to maintain her glare, but I saw her lips twitch. "Now I'm beautiful?"
"Gorgeous. Stunning. Ethereal."
"Keep going."
"Radiant. Magnificent. A goddess among mortals."
"You're laying it on thick." But she was fighting a smile now.
"Is it working?"
She sighed dramatically. "Maybe. If you add 'smartest person you've ever met' to that list."
"Smartest person in the universe," I corrected, pulling her closer. "Though right now, you're being kind of dumb if you think I'd want anyone else."
"Excuse me? Did you just call me dumb?"
"Only about this one ver
