*Gemma*

Well, if I didn’t feel like shit before… I learned my lesson: don’t assume.

I blinked out of my brief wallowing when Jerah laughed. “You look like you just got kicked between the legs. Kael said you blew him off because you saw him hug Di. Are you Easterners easily prone to jealousy?”

I felt my face heat in embarrassment, but I couldn’t back down on my strive to be confident. “Not that I’m aware of. I just—”

Jerah ...