I slowly brought my hand to touch his, and for a second, we just stood there, his eyes dilated and piercing mine, his breaths a little ragged. I said nothing, hell I couldn't come up with anything at all. He looked only half human at this point, and I missed his warmth when he suddenly dropped his hands away from my face.
"Carl," I said, taking in a deep breath. "I just don't want to be the reason for another scandal. I created the pregnancy scandal and I am not sure how hard these people had to work to get the public to forget it. I don't want you to do things that other people will not find very appealing."
He was walking to the end of his office and his hand slowly clasped around a staff. It looked like one of those long stands that hats would hang from, just that there were no caps,
