“Paying you back?” I said as Soren and I walked along the path to my cottage. I had only started my work a few days ago, and I didn’t have enough savings yet.

But he wanted me to pay him back? And he was leading me home.

I felt panicked. What if he wanted me to do something I wasn’t ready for?

Rosalie, stop thinking like that! I scolded myself.

Soren wasn’t that kind of person—I should have known that by now.

He had a crooked grin on his face, and even though I had never had a ...