#Chapter168
/"You two look very relaxed./" Sylvana points out, standing by her kitchen island making a salad as we enter, my body flushes seven shades of morbid embarrassment. Jake mock frowns at me and leans in to whisper for my ears only.
/"There’s no hiding what you’ve been up to is there?/" His mouth lingering seductively by my ear and I give him an elbow jab to move him away. Luckily, Sylvana seems oblivious or at least has the good grace to pretend she is.
/"We had a little stroll in the greenhouse and the garages./" He answers his mother smoothly, no hint of shame in his voice or manner. I keep my face down so my hair hides my hues of pink skin, heating all over.
/"Oh, my roses are looking beautiful today, I only watered them this morning, that’s if you noticed the flowers, of course./" She beams at us and I catch a knowing look in her eye which only makes me want the floor to open up and take me.
