“What?”
She fixed him with a look. “You heard me,” she said flatly.
Well, crap. So, he hadn’t misheard her. “Um…” now it was Jack’s turn to hesitate, look around, and grope for words.
Chastity apparently wasn’t going to cut him any slack. “It’s a simple question; it doesn’t need an answer any more convoluted than yes or no.”
That brought Jack up with a round turn and he looked at her intense expression—it was almost formidable, but what prevented absolute formidability was the fact that her eyes were very emotional. Jack didn’t know what emotion he was seeing, but as he settled himself down and faced the question for what it was, he felt a little more at ease.
Circumstances Scene 190
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