I rolled my eyes. “Is there a reason why you like to sneak up on people, Kelley?” I made sure to put emphasis on his name. I had meant for it to be scathing or cutting. But it sort of just sounded a little flirty.

“On people?” he said, arching his eyebrow.

“On me.”

“Oh, well, it’s particularly fun to sneak up behind you because…well, I’m sure you can use your imagination to figure out why a cold-blooded vampire would get what you would call a rise out of ...