The scariest thing about him was how badly his smile made my stomach flutter.

"You know what I just noticed?" He asked, his tone sounding amused.

"What?"

He teased "You said Stone more times last night than the past few weeks."

His innuendo made me pull back and made me try and give him my best death glare. It failed because he just chuckled at me.

All that time spent with the intimidating giant, and I had still not perfected a better glare.

"If you get evicted from this place for noise complaints then you can always come and live at mine." He taunted.

The blush on my face darkened.

I took a few deep breaths and resisted the urge to suffocate him with a pillow.

He really knew how to push my buttons like no other.

"You are not exactly innocent either." I calmly pointed out, referencing his growling and gnarling.

Stone left a kiss on my shoulder before he uttered "I am going to have to buy us a house in the middle of nowhere."

"Why would you need to do that?"

His kisses trailed to my neck as he grumbled "I do not want anyone else to hear you."

I rolled my eyes and bit down my laugh.

Valentine Stone was a little possessive and a little bit of a smartass. It was a good thing that I loved him.

"Medusa." He said before asking "Are you trying to shove me out of the bed?"

"No." I lied as I tried my very hardest to get him to fall off the mattress.

Nodding, he sent me a smirk "Good because it just feels like you are ticking me."

"We can’t all be immovable skyscrapers." I countered back as I gave up my attempt to push the big boulder off my bed.

He tilted his head, and it seemed like something had crossed his mind.

"Are you okay?" I asked as I left a kiss where I was resting which was on his stomach.

"Of course, I am, Medusa. I have never been better." He answered before he told me what was on his mind "You were surprised that I loved you."

I faced him and I told him the truth "I did not think it was possible for someone to love me."

Stone scowled as he held my face once again his hand "Why would you think that?"

"I guess it stemmed from my parents." I voiced "My mom left, and my dad did too."

"Ella, that was not your fault." He let out roughly and it left no room for argument.

"Thank you." I said to him as I went back to resting my face on his freakishly comfortable rock-hard abs.

"That kid Charlie picked up on it faster than you." He chuckled.

"He did?" I asked sheepishly.

The giant nodded and it almost appeared like he was embarrassed because he did not look down at me while talking.