Page 63 of Choosing Stella

Stella considered that.

“I like that.”

“Good. Then we use it.”

“That sounded much more like the man who chased me last night.”

My cock hardened at the memory.

Her mouth curved.

“Don’t.”

“I didn’t do anything.”

“You know exactly what you did.”

“I mentioned a factual event.”

“You’re enjoying this.”

“A little.”

I put both palms against the table.

“We are not getting distracted.”

“Obviously not.”

She glanced at my hands, then back at my face.

That wasn’t helping.

I forced myself back to the plan.

“If anything feels wrong, you tell me.”

“I already do.”

“If you get another warning, same rule. You don’t wait until you can explain it.”

The tension around her mouth eased.

“You’d act on it?”

“Yesterday you told me not to take an elevator. Today you told me things about my past you couldn’t know.”

“That isn’t you saying you believe in second sight.”

“I’m working on it.”

“I’ll take the progress.”

“I’m serious, Stella. If you see something, feel something, or the cards give you something useful, you tell me. I don’t need to understand it first.”

She nodded.

“I will.”