LILITH Uh? What was that? I squinted at him suspiciously. “What do you mean?” “Nothing,” he said as he drove off. “I just realized there are too many people calling you Lily.” “So I’d prefer something unique.” It took me less than a minute to figure out the root of the matter. Don’t tell me he was possessive over the name just because Brandon called me that earlier? But… if that was really it, wouldn’t that be a little childish of him? Besides… our relationship wasn’t that clear-cut yet. In fact, I wasn’t even sure what I wanted it to be. Sure, there was this wild chemistry between us. This low simmer we both kept stoking without acknowledging. Yet… I frowned. This might sound jaded, but if the time came to define us officially, I wasn’t sure I’d accept him. Yes, Dean had be

