Chapter 28-Evelyn
Heat rose to my cheeks as he said that.
His voice was the kind that slipped beneath my skin and settled there. My fingers froze where I held the towel. The way he said baby made something twist in my stomach —half panic, half… something else I didn't want to name.
I looked away quickly. “I guess you've been really affected by that dart you took,” I murmured, hoping my voice didn't sound shaky as it felt. “It seems like it has affected your brain.”
From the corner of my eye, I caught how his tense expression softened into something… disarming. The sound of his laugh made me still; all I could think about was how unfairly beautiful his smile was.
And I wondered why I had just noticed.
I cleared my throat, determined to be unaffected. “Besides, you should be asleep
