CHAPTER 46

“Meadow. I know that you’re in there. Don’t pretend like you’re not.” Lucas said.

“What do you want?” I asked, sitting up in bed. So he opened my door and closed it behind him.

“Why weren’t you going to tell me that it was your birthday.” He asked, starting to walk towards me.

“Stop right there. You know exactly why I wasn’t going to tell you.” I said.

“You’ve been keeping your distance from me all day. You’ve been making sure that I haven’t been standing right next to you, you kept your distance while we were sitting at the desk making those phone calls. I have to say, you are damn good at faking it.” He said.

“Yeah, keep that in mind.” I said. And he chuckled.

“I had no idea that you were feeling the bond.” He said.

“That’s because I didn’t want you to.” I said.

“You really are more stubborn than I thought.” He said.

“Lucas, it really has been a long day and I want to get some sleep.” I said.

“You aren’t going to be able to sleep. I know that even you can’t trick