CHAPTER 10: SLIP OF THE TONGUE

As Eunice and Claire stared at Devin with gaping mouths, their eyes full of confusion, Devin bit his lips to keep from groaning. He glared at Sebastian, cursing him in his heart. Why did he have to say that to the girls? They will probably think he was a pervert who was fantasizing about a woman who was all but a stranger to him! Now what will he say?

He opened his mouth, probably to rat Sebastian out to Claire and say that he was also thinking about her. But Sebastian narrowed his eyes threateningly, his knowing smirk louder than the words 'Don't even think about it!'.

Even though he wanted to ignore the threatening that was boring into his very soul, Devin's survival instincts were even stronger than his pettiness. And hence, he just gulped, refraining from speaking, much to Sebastian's pleasure. Sebastian was a good friend, but he was too powerful, certainly not someone to trifle with. Devin has seen him make grown men quake in their boots with just a glance. He certainly didn't wa