Preston POV
Trust Jade to make things awkward. I had spent the afternoon trying my best to act as normal as I could around Ivan in the hopes of getting him to talk about himself. When I had offered him help in the kitchen, all I could think of was the various ways I was going to make whoever was after us suffer in pain and regret. I couldn’t stop myself from brutally attacking the Nappa cabbage and the bell peppers I was supposed to cut up. Ivan must have been deep in thought because he made no comment on the state of the vegetables. After he had finished cooking, which he did in pure silence, he served the food and once again we ate in silence. I couldn’t keep myself from staring at him. I was not about to ignore my attraction to him. It all began when I got him as an assignment, lookin
