Ethan Blake glanced at Laurie Norton, tilting his head with a teasing grin.
“So, Consultant Norton—pretty impressed, aren’t you?”
Laurie huffed. “Impressed? You’re a total freak! A sixty percent jade appreciation success rate—are you even human?”
Her words were sarcastic, but deep down she couldn’t deny her growing respect for him. A rate like that was practically unheard of—probably no one else in the entire country could pull it off.
Then suddenly, she froze.
“Wait a second—something’s off!”
Ethan raised a brow. “What’s off?”
“It’s your face,” she said, narrowing her eyes. “Most people would be jumping with excitement after hearing Fae say that. But you—you look like you already knew the result before she said it.”
She threw up her hands. “Do you even realize what those jade boul
