Scott Sullivan cleared his throat. "That girl you were just holding... she isn't your girlfriend, is she?"
He'd been in the room, so he'd seen the whole exchange.
Nathaniel Nathan shot him a look but didn't speak. Scott Sullivan, however, immediately began to praise Vera Xavier. "She's really something—just the kind of woman you'd expect our captain to fall for. Beautiful, capable, and unbelievably brave. She actually used herself as bait to lure out the enemy!"
Nathaniel Nathan threw the cigarette he'd only taken two puffs from onto the ground and stomped on it viciously.
It slowly dawned on Scott Sullivan that he'd said the wrong thing. Nathaniel Nathan carried her picture with him every day, which meant she held an incredibly special place in his heart. If anything had gone even slightly wrong just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
