I gulp and say, "I heard a lot of things about you, but I didn't hear anyone say that you joke around."

He can't mean business. Who puts out such a proposal in a rational manner? It's really ridiculous. Without a doubt, he has gone insane.

He doesn't answer me back. Simply lifts his exquisitely crafted eyebrow. Like he was daring me to keep acting like I hadn't heard him.

"Fuck!" I whisper. Looking down at my heels.

I had a million ideas running through my head. ...