Joseph’s POV
Fuck!
She was falling in love with me.
My heart nearly stopped. I knew I shouldn’t be listening to this conversation. I knew I should have left. But my feet remained planted, and I couldn’t seem to bring myself to walk away. Not yet at least. I needed to hear more of what she had to say.
“I know it’s crazy, but I can’t bring myself to let him go,” Tessa said, and I knew, from the muffled sound in her voice, that she was burying her face in her hands. “He has this mysterious side to him that leaves me starstruck. It’s exciting and makes me want more of him.”
She liked the side of me that was a vampire. She enjoyed the potential danger that I brought her.
The knot in my stomach tightened.
“You want to be dominated by Professor Evergreen,” Ruby teased her.
I didn’t like t
