Claudia POV
The eyes behind his glasses softened as he looked at me, a quiet gentleness pooling within them as his lips curved into a smile.
It was one of those very rare moments of Ray Gatlin looking like a normal human being, For once, he didn't look like the man I had come to know, the one whose emotions were always measured, controlled… or burning with restrained rage. This smile was different. Unpracticed, honest, but also dangerous in a way I couldn't quite explain.
Maybe I was always a stupid and shallow girl who liked looking at a handsome man in front of me. But when Ray showed a faint, yet… genuine smile like this, my heart began to race and heat spread all over my body.
I was unsettled on how easy it was for Ray to give me this feeling of losing myself in his eyes.
I didn't want to lose control, so I quickly pushed him away, putting space between us before my thoughts could wander any further.
