Chapter 467

• I know how to play this. PA Emma’s cool, emotionless outer shell always drove him crazy.
• I stay quiet through dinner, never looking at him even though I can hear him flirting and trying his hardest to affect me, but I don’t react. I don’t want him to see that it’s bothering me a lot because it brings him amusement to see my fiery green-eyed reaction. I do want him to feel it, though. Feeling my emotions hits him differently; it brings out his need to fix it. So, my plan to appear sad and unchatty is put into place. Jake will agonize over what I’m thinking; I know him well enough to know that my obviously closed mood will worry him.
• It comes more easily the longer I carry on, and I even start to feel tearful at his over-interest in the women around him. It’s not hard to picture him as Casanova Carrero when I can hear it. Jealousy grows inside of me. With this upset comes my ability to remain cool and devoid of outward emotion.