Chapter Forty-five — Knowing Her Place

Third Person Pov

"Have you lost your damn mind, Brian?" Emerald hissed, staring down at Brian with the last bit of self-control she could muster.

She knew that he could kiss her right now and she wouldn't hesitate to kiss him back but she also knew that he was trying to tease her just to prove to her that he wasn't as inexperienced as she called him to be.

"What? Wouldn't you like to do married couple stuff with me?" Brian asked, with a sly smile playing on his lips.

His intentions had been to just tease Emerald and get back at her for calling him inexperienced but for some reason, he couldn't look away from her rosy red lips that looked way more tempting than he wanted them to be.

He also noticed that despite her harsh response to him, her pupils kept darting back and forth which could only mean that she was nervously trying to find a way to get away from him.

Emerald scoffed.