“No more excuses. If I say rest, you rest. Understood?” He eyed me meaningfully.
“Why do you care so much about my good night’s sleep?”
“I don’t think you understand. I’m protecting my gift.”
Whoa. I put the check down and lifted both hands in the air. This needed to stop.
“Okay, first? I’m not your gift. Lucas, whoever that is, didn’t give me to you.”
“I know that. The woman he’d picked out wasn’t quite as nice of a gift as you.”
“I’m not a gift.”
“Sure you are,” Knox said.
“Oh? Please. Explain that to me, if Lucas didn’t give it to you.”
“The universe gave you to me,” he said, smiling.
Man, this guy was an arrogant ass. I put on a sarcastic smirk. “Lucky you, that the universe would do you such a favor. Wow, the universe just plopped me down on your doorstep, didn’t even leave
