Chapter 551

I nodded my head as I rubbed my temples. I watched Jess as she looked at me with her unwavering, steel blue eyes.

"I love you," I said. "You always tell it to me straight. You always keep me in line."

"No, I don’t," Jess said candidly. "But right now? I’m being as real as I’ve ever been with you. Do you understand?"

"I love you," I repeated.

"I love you, too," I said.

Her stare made me uncomfortable, but I was a little embarrassed. I don’t know what I had expected Jess would tell me. She told me everything I wanted to hear. Or maybe it was the opposite of what I wanted to hear. But if the latter were the case? I wasn’t sure I could handle what came beyond that. So I changed the subject.

"How do you feel about LA?" I asked. "I mean with Kelly being in Vegas."

"I feel all right about it," Jess said. "But I think Infinity has a little bit of a case of