Our eyes connected, and a fire lit in my stomach. He wasn’t looking at the object or anything else in the room anymore. Every ounce of his attention had redirected toward me, and I could feel the weight of it on my skin like a lover’s rough caress. Liquid electricity dripped down my spine and pooled in my stomach. With a simple look, Christian lit me up from the inside out. “Perfect.” Reverence weighed his soft assessment.
