Tessa’s POV
I felt my body tremble under the intensity of his stare. He was only inches from me, and I saw how red his eyes had gotten.
“I’m not trying to look at your neck,” I said to him in a small voice. “I thought I saw something on your shirt I was trying to get for you.”
It was a lame excuse and telling from his expression, he knew it. He released his hold on me, allowing me to move from beyond the wall he had me pinned against.
His expression was back to normal, and I felt like I could finally breathe, at least for a moment.
“You can leave now,” he ordered, keeping his tone low and his eyes away from me.
“I’m sorry—”
“I don’t know what any of this was about, but don’t make these excessive moves again,” he said, sending a shiver to course through my body.
I quickly nodded my
