Soraya's POV

Darius sighed, crouched slightly in front of me, and with one finger, tilted my chin up until our eyes met. “Did something happen?”

I swallowed, his gaze was intense, and I could already feel myself softening under it but I wasn’t going to back down.

“Nothing happened,” I said quickly.

His lips curved into a faint smirk. “Hmm. You seem to be on the feisty side today.” He glanced at his watch. “Did I take too long?” He glanced at his watch then back at me “It's exactly two hours now so that’s not it.”

“Don’t push it,” I muttered.

“Don’t push it?” he repeated, amused now. He...