“There is no reason you should feel timid with all this talent, Ariel.” Blaine was watching me as he spoke.
I smiled softly and turned to look away, but he placed a finger on my chin and turned my face back around to look at him.
“No, don’t do that,” he said, his eyes pinned on mine. “I like you confident. There is no reason you shouldn’t be. You are smart.” He inched a finger up, and I felt him gently running it under my lashline, “have eyelashes I have only ever seen on a camel once.”
I choked on my laughter, and bent over coughing as he patted my back.
Then I progressively went from giggling to laughing.
Blaine soon began to chuckle softly beside me, a hint of surprise in his eyes that I would find those words so funny.
I did not lean back against the couch after that, but stoo
