Forest eyes look up at me and the first thing I notice is the glassy sheen to them. Was Marcus crying? He doesn’t look like the type who cries. He seems more the type to mock a man for crying, telling them to ‘stop acting like a girl.’
“Is everything okay in here?” I ask softly.
“Yeah, everything is fine,” Marcus says, quickly getting to his feet.
My eyes have a mind of their own and quickly rake themselves over his body and I know they can hear the way my heart picked up a little because Marcus is smirking and Jasper looks smug. I calm myself and get my heart back into a steady rhythm noting Marcus’s surprise.
“I said we’d talk later and now it’s later. So, I was wondering if you’d like to join me for a walk?”
Marcus opens his mouth to speak but Jasper beats him to it. “Marcus wo
