The conversation was still flowing easily and all I know was that I was laughing at something Alex had said when I felt it.
I felt that kind of awareness that crawled up my spine and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up in a way that had nothing to do with the temperature of where we are.
It was the same feeling I'd had a hundred times before, that sixth sense that told me he was close, that he was watching, that I was in his reach, whether I like it or not.
I didn't turn around, didn't let my body language shift or give away that I knew, I just kept my attention on the group and tried to ignore the way my heart had started beating faster, the way my skin felt suddenly too tight and too aware.
Miles had his hand resting lightly on my waist, comfortable in a way that would've b
