Chapter 106

I stay quiet through dinner, never looking at him even though I can hear him flirting and trying his hardest to affect me, but I don’t react. I don’t want him to see that it’s bothering me a lot because it brings him amusement to see my fiery green-eyed reaction. I do want him to feel it, though. Feeling my emotions hits him differently; it brings out his need to fix it. So, my plan to appear sad and unchatty is put into place. Jake will agonize over what I’m thinking; I know him well enough to know that my obviously closed mood will worry him.

It comes more easily the longer I carry on, and I even start to feel tearful at his over-interest in the women around him. It’s not hard to picture him as Casanova Carrero when I can hear it. Jealousy grows inside of me. With this upset comes my ability to remain cool and devoid of outward emotion.

At first, he tries to up his game when he notices I seem quiet, but as the dinner wades on, I can sense his change in mood from the li