The words struck Sasha's heart, and she looked at him sharply. What did she just hear? Did Michael just compliment her? No, it wasn't possible. She must have misheard, she thought as her gaze lingered on him, waiting to see if he would look at her, but he didn't. "Oh, that's what I thought." She laughed derisively at herself for letting her heart go astray.
Michael couldn't help the words that escaped his lips; he couldn't believe he'd thought out loud. From the corner of his eye, he looked at Sasha. He could feel her gaze on him, but he couldn't bring himself to look at her, not only because he feared her reaction but because he was getting flustered.
In all the years of giving her his heart, this was the first time he let her hear a little bit of his thoughts about her, the first time
