I apologised and tried to draw the attention away from my supposed weirdness "Sorry. I’m probably just tired. What did you expect when you said to meet at nine? It is the weekend, and this is an ungodly hour to be up. The only reason i said yes was because I love you. On that note, I will go and get changed right now."

Running away from her before she could say anything else, I slammed my bedroom door behind me.

Stone looked up from where he was sitting at the bottom of my bed. He now had on jeans, but he had not covered his tattoo-covered eight pack and his exposed wide shoulders.

A wave of realisation hit me. I had said to Lana that I was getting changed. She was waiting in the hall, and he was in my room. He could not leave the room

I released a sigh and thought about it. I had on a bra and panties. It was not like I was nude, and he was facing the wall, so I decided to remove my tank top and my shorts.

When I opened my wardrobe to grab some clothes was when Stone lifted his head and stopped cold.

His eyes ran over me for a second, darkness taking over his irises as he did so. The second seemed to drag on until he let out a rough curse and turned the other way.

"Fuck, Ella." He practically bellowed.

I did not know what had gotten him so riled up. It was not like I was naked. The dark green lace had covered up everything.

"My bikini covers less." I mentioned as I slipped on a shirt "You have seen me in less at the beach."

Stone grumbled under his breath "Because I handled that so fucking well."

After I slid up my jeans, I sighed "You need to stay here until I leave."

"Why is that?" He stood up and made his way over to me.

"She would get the wrong idea." I replied as he towered over me.

"What idea would that be?"

"You know exactly what idea I am taking about." I spoke up from my level at his chest.

Surprisingly, he did not argue or tease any further. He instead asked, "Why did you not ask Brennan and I to come?"

The idea of inviting him had crossed my mind but then I remembered my conversation with Lana about her relationship. We had not had a chance to talk. Just her and I.

His voice had been teasing but I answered him truthfully "Because it is a girl's day."

As I sat down to put my shoes on, Lana shouted from the other side of the door "Ella! Hurry up!"

"Just wait two minutes after we are gone to leave so she does not see you" I muttered to him before turning to leave