Have you ever...

Curtis

Angelica recoiled at a speed that was nearly comical. She scurried quite fast for a woman who was so curious about me.

“Thank you for sharing yoru food with me,” she quickly stated. I imagined her cheeks flushed as she spoke before she tried to make her escape. I grabbed her hand before she could get past me. I was just as shocked as she was. I didn’t want to spend an extra minute next to her, so why the hell was I stopping her?

“I don’t expect Maverick to waste a single minute before coming over to bombard us with questions.” I pulled an excuse out of thin air.

“Oh,” she silently agreed.

“I believe you don’t have any problem pretending to know me. You do have a lot of information up your sleeve.”

I was taunting her, and her expression only made it more fun. She looked like she wanted to bolt away, like I was a wolf trying to trap her in my cage. Maybe I did want to trap her, just to see how long she would pretend to be helpless before she started trying to claw her way o