Natalie snuggled into his tight embrace and pondered her options. After some hesitation, she decided it would be better to just ask him directly instead of repeatedly overthinking matters without reaching a conclusion.

“You and Brandon… Are you…” Her voice was so quiet that Sebastian had to lean close to hear her properly.

“Are we what?” he prompted.

Natalie took a deep, fortifying breath, then pulled back and looked Sebastian in the eye. “Are you sleeping together?”

Sebastian choked on air with shock. His hold on Natalie slacked as he covered his mouth and coughed violently. He was flushed and out of breath by the time he recovered, and even his ears were burning.

Sean was just as startled by Natalie’s question that he lost control of the steering wheel. The car swerved to the side of the road and almost ran into a tree before he finally got it back on trackSean thumped his fist against his chest and bit his lips in an effort to compose himself.

“Where in the world did you get that idea?” Sebastian asked, his face a mask of disbelief.

It was Natalie’s turn to blush. By all accounts, she was still a conservative and rather pure woman, and this topic was throwing her out of her comfort zone.She lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers nervously.

remember the big fight we had over Christopher? Shortly after, he was transferred to Snape. I heard that

let out a short, helpless sigh. “Have you ever considered

I only told him a few words regarding that incident with Hannah, and he took care of it right away. Is that still a

convinced she was of her presumptions. “Besides, you said so yourself that Brandon isn’t into women, so there’s no way he’s doing these things because he likes

for a moment, unable to come up with anything to refute her claims with. Sean glanced at them through the rearview mirror and snickered under his breath.

his eyes and rubbed his nose. He racked his brains for a reasonable explanation, all to no avail. Worse, Natalie thought he was being nonchalant about

it clear to me,

in the men’s bathroom earlier. You were right there when he went inside, weren’t you?

the hell had they been

couldn’t bear to think

following it up with a silent curse at Garrett. He shouldn’t have gone along with the bastard’s plan in the first place. Sebastian had practically just shot his own foot with

She fell back wearily against her seat and looked out the window again.They had arrived at their neighborhood at this point, and the car slowly came to a halt in front of their

their home and angrily tossed her mask into the trash bin, feeling upset for some reason. Despite their intimacy and relative closeness, she felt as though she knew nothing about Sebastian at

He had taken off his suit jacket and draped it over his arm. Sebastian

and pulled her into his arms. His face was serious, and his tone was firm when he said, “I promise you, it’s not what you think. I can’t give you a proper explanation right now,but I need you to trust me when I say that you are

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