For a moment he looked at my face so intently I thought he was planning to kiss me. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. He was definitely one of the most attractive men I’d ever known but, if he saw my light, I also saw his darkness.
I suspected he’d done terrible things and was capable of doing many more. The notion sent a shiver of fear down my spine. Perhaps he saw that in my face for he dropped his hand and stepped back. Then he raised his head and said, sounding as sarcastic as a disgruntled lover, “And if I’m not mistaken, here comes your equally sunny detective.”