Odeta looked at him, and her heart skipped a beat; this was what she had been afraid of: Cedric's crazy side.
"Cedric, stop the jokes and don't challenge my bottom line anymore. You should know it by now; you and I, it's just not possible," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. She knew she wasn't supposed to provoke him, but it was best to kill all his hopes now.
Cedric was stunned by her boldness; his gaze darkened, and his sharp eyes, full of overbearing pressure, stared at her with warning. He had just wanted to scare her, but now he was angry; how could she say that to him?
"Do you think I wouldn't dare to make you mine because you're in that fake marriage with Don Gardner, and you think you are his woman?" he asked with a sharp edge to his tone; he looked furious. In a few steps, he was standing before her and invading her breathing space.
