Daniel raised a brow as he stared at him. “Umm? You’ve been stalking me even though I told you not to. I thought it was an explicit instruction,” he demanded.

He wished he didn’t have to have this conversation now, but he couldn’t shut it down. “I only wanted to make sure you were safe,” he said, and when his words failed him, he wrapped his hand around the glass of vodka and gulped it.

“I am not a child.”

“I know that. I was just worried, and I’m ...