MARINA

My jaw clenched so hard I thought my teeth were going to shatter right inside my mouth. The hot, defensive anger that usually kept me safe around Garret flared up, but underneath it, a terrifying wave of panic was starting to take over.

I lifted my head higher, forcing myself to stare directly into those piercing, knowing blue eyes, trying desperately to look like he hadn't just completely dismantled my entire dignity with one sentence.

"How the hell do you know about that?" I demanded, my voice coming out in a sharp, defensive snap that echoed entirely too loudly in the quiet kitchen.

Garret just smirked, that insufferable, confident...