Chapter 230: Melody

MELODY STARED AT GRANT. She'd never seen him so alive, so full of feeling. It was strange, almost like she'd been dropped in another dimension. One where Grant had emotions and shared them.

In all the time they'd been together he hadn't told her half that stuff. Normally it seemed like he could take or leave her. The idea that under that stoic exterior he had this kind of passion simmering for her was a surprise. It also turned her on. Then again, a lot about Grant did that.

"Say something, damn it," he muttered.

"I'm taking it all in." One thing just didn't fit. "What do you mean, my space, my time?"

"Just, how you are, you know? You don't always like me in your space and how you like to take things slow. There's nothing wrong with that. That's what I'm trying to say."

Her world shifted dangerously.

That wasn't her at all. It wasn't what she wanted.

"Grant, I hate that we only do us things maybe once between jobs." She wanted a better word for hate, but right now that wa