Chapter 41

"You can't. We still have five more months to go according to our contract," he replied, his eyes serious but his tone joking.

I glared at Steven.

He replied with a sarcastic laugh and said, "You're jealous. Just say it, Nathalie."

"I'm not!"

"You are. If you say that you're jealous, I will be the happiest man on earth right now."

I rolled my eyes at him. "You're so narcissistic. I'm not jealous!"

"Alright, then," he replied, but there was still a hint of playfulness in his voice.

"Come here, baby..." he said in a soft voice. My heart hammered against my chest when he pulled me to his side.

My eyes bulged out, my face struggling to conceal my true emotions from him.

I was so scared that he might see how nervous I was around him. I was anxious that he could sense this was making me feel things, the butterflies in my stomach betraying me.

"You shouldn't be jealous because Emily is my first-degree cousin. We're like family, Nathalie."

I couldn't explain how I felt after he said that. He