Chapter 243

His face wore a smile that was both helpless and affectionate. "You've done this before. You have a history of it." I was left speechless. My cheeks flushed red, and I felt a mix of embarrassment and irritation. He really was something. He should have just kept it to himself instead of spelling it out. His emotional intelligence was so low. "Mae," Brandon said softly, "you were so bold when doing something wrong, but now you're acting all timid. You haven't changed a bit from when you were a child." I was about to retort when I suddenly realized something was wrong. "Doing something wrong?" Last night, when I opened the door in my nightgown, he didn't think it was an accident. He had seen through it. He knew it was deliberate. Oh my god. This was incredibly embarrassing. The car keys I was holding felt like they were about to be crushed. I was flustered and retorted, "Who's doing something wrong? It's clearly you. You're just… mmm…" My words were cut off as Brandon leaned in an