*Valeria*

"Okay, you can stop now," I said in irritation as all Felix continued to do was laugh. "What's so damn funny anyway?"

Keep it together. You can't let him get under your skin yet, I thought to myself.

"It's all funny," Felix said with a shrug.

His indifference was annoying, but not as annoying as his laughter, so I sucked it up and kept talking.

I needed this man. My mate was sitting upstairs, possibly dying, and this man was my best chance of ...