“Oh.” I shrug airily. “Just, you know, pirate this, pirate that, serves me right for falling in l—” I stop myself short. My face freezes, eyes wide in a mortified horror. Not him though. His smile is cracked wide, eyes delighted. “In what?” he asks, mouth open, waiting. “Nothing.” I shake my head quickly. “No.” He shakes his head back. “Go on.”
