Chapter 63 Tech

KARA Just one night, I repeated, sitting down next to him. It was hard not to give in, especially when Lucien was looking at me like that. He grinned, simple and delighted. "That's more like it. In my house, I wish for the remote," taking it from him. Our fingers brushed with the motion. My heart beating faster, I could feel his gaze on me as I scanned the television, the simple task nearly impossible now with his eyes boring into me like I was the only thing that existed in the world. Lucien's hand rested above my free hand on the sofa, and he didn't say anything. I was well aware of Mira and Diego talking in the corner, their voices hushed. I clicked on a random channel where a romantic comedy was showing on the screen, but it was safe to say that that was the least interesting thing in the room. "You didn't have to," Mira said, her voice instantly catching my attention. Turning my neck around the chair, I saw Diego standing in front of her, her back pressed against the dining table.