Yvonne stiffened, tilting her head away from his warm breath. She forced a smile. "No need. That was just a polite thing to say. People always exchange compliments after a one-night stand. Surely you know that, right? Kenneth."
"You sure it was just polite?" Kenneth let out a low laugh, his eyes growing bolder, more possessive.
"Absolutely."
Alarm bells rang in Yvonne's head. How did she miss that this man was completely unhinged? She needed to stay as far away from him as possible.
Just as she braced herself for another round of his advances, he simply said, "Fine." Then he stepped back into a standard social distance, his expression shifting back to cold indifference, as if the tension between them had never happened.
Right on cue, the Brown family crowd finally reached a verdict on
