At these words, Stella immediately grew frantic. "Grandpa, I'm fine! Sean has been the one taking care of you these past few nights. I've just been sleeping like a log over here. How about you let him go home and rest, and I'll stay?"
'How could she not know what her grandfather was thinking? He was so eager to shoo them home for one reason and one reason only: so they could finally live as husband and wife. And that was the one thing she wanted to avoid most right now. She had to put it off, for as long as she could. Avoid it at all costs.'
'In short, the mere thought of doing... *that*... with a man made her skin crawl.'
