Page 346 of Playing Dirty

I didn’t expect a fast reply.

But she responded almost immediately.

Rowan:

Yes.

That alone made me sit up slightly.

Mason:

Good.

Then paused.

Deleted it.

Typed again.

Mason:

That’s happening, right?

Three dots appeared.

Long pause.

Stopped.

Started again.

Rowan:

I think it already did.

I stared at that.

Because that was exactly what I’d been trying not to say.

ROWAN

I didn’t know why I sent that.

It just came out before I could filter it.

Serena was watching me carefully now.

“You look different,” she said.

“Stopsaying that.”

“You do.”

“How?”

“You’re not reacting to things normally anymore.”

“That doesn’t make sense.”