CHAPTER THIRTY ONE DOUBLE MEANINGS

JADE’S POV "I meant to say, Mr. Miller," I correct hurriedly as he stalks towards me like a panther watching his prey. "What did you say?" He asks again, and although I know what he means by that question, I shake my head and keep quiet, "it was a mistake," I finally whisper when he comes too close for comfort, and I mess around with my fingers anxiously. We're just a few meters away, and although my brain is telling me to step away, I can't seem to listen to it. "Really?" He half whispers back as he slowly tucks my hair behind my ear, too slow to be considered normal. I don't think I fully understood what was happening because it was just his name; for the first time, it slipped from my mouth, and it must have a double meaning with the way he was staring at me like I said something terrible or maybe something delightful, I wouldn't know of course since I haven't been around him enough to gauge and be able to interpret what his facial expressions mean. "I don't think I can sto