C34 Take It Slow

[Rosco’s POV]

Denali doesn’t speak as she takes me in with a mixture of embarrassment and vulnerability. I was sure that she didn’t expect things to go this way, but I did what I did for this specific purpose. Since she wasn’t willing to openly say that she was beginning to like me, I had to force it out of her.

“You,” she finally says, narrowing her gaze. “Tricked me.”

“Not tricked