I closed my eyes in frustration, then opened them slowly, bracing myself.

No question who had arrived.

"Vincent's here," Ryan murmured, his tone calm, his handsome face utterly unbothered. "Think he'll assume we're having an affair?"

I fell silent, glaring at him.

Even now, Ryan found time to joke!

But ever since our accidental kiss, something about the way he looked at me had shifted.

I couldn't quite pinpoint it, but it was there, lingering like a ...