Page 359 of Ruthless Court
“Five-three and change.”
“And what? A buck twenty?”
I stare at him.
“Excuse you.”
“Buck twenty-five?”
“Maybe more like one-thirty-five.”
“Still.”
He gestures toward the bed.
“You don’t have to occupy the last four inches like you’re hiding from wildlife.”
“I like sleeping curled up.”
“Against walls?”
“Sometimes.”
His mouth twitches.
“Nervous?”
“No.”
He waits.
I pull the blanket higher.
“A little.”
There.
Truth.
Kane’s teasing disappears.
“I’m going to brush my teeth.”
“Okay.”
He pauses.
“Hannah?”
“Yeah?”
“You can change your mind.”
My fingers loosen around the blanket.
“About staying?”
“Anything.”
