POV: Brigail
Eli wasn't expecting her reaction. He touched the place where her palm landed and felt the skin tingle and throb under his hand.
He didn't mean it that way. He'd never regarded her so low, no matter how badly she'd treated him. But somehow that was how his words sounded to her.
"I'm not one of your conquests. Some slut you can just jot down in your little black book," she said, her voice trembled with so much animosity.
"I never said you were," he muttered under his breath. "But if that's what you think I meant, then maybe there's some truth to it."
Way to make it worse, asshole! Eli thought grimly. But he wasn't about to take his words back. Mea culpa was a rare thing for The Ghost and he wasn't about to spring one now.
Brigail shook her head in derision. "So this is ho
