Ellis drove me home, and I was pleasantly surprised how the evening turned out to be given where it had started. A small part of me felt like he wasn’t the cold man I once thought, but I wasn’t ready to investigate deeper.

It was late and I had to get home.

I blushed, thinking maybe I had a bit too much wine, and looked out the side window as we drew closer to my house. Suddenly, I heard Ellis release a ‘hmm’ sound as if he had noticed something unusual and ...