Which meant he would spend most of tomorrow restless and impossible to settle.
I knew exactly what that looked like.
My mouth twitched.
Mila glanced sideways at me. “What?”
“Nothing.”
We moved deeper into the corridor, athletes flowing around us in clusters. Someone nearby burst into loud laughter before vanishing around the corner. Mila waited until the noise thinned before speaking.
“Before competition, you usually strangle yourself with overthinking.”
I grimaced. “That sounds dramatic.”
“But accurate.” She glanced at me again, studying me morecarefully this time. “This week you stopped fighting every instinct before it fully forms.”
“I assume this insight comes from your vast psychological expertise,” I said dryly.
Mila snorted. “Please. I perfected compartmentalizing years ago.”
“Ah. So now we are having a lecture.”
“No. You are getting advice.” She folded her arms. “There is a difference.”
“And your advice is?”
“That whatever is happening between you and Dean remains invisible.”
Her tone stayed calm, but the seriousness underneath it hit home.
“You think people are noticing.”
“I think that you look at him like you want to devour him.”
I nearly missed a step.
“Exactly.”
My face was on fire. “I do not.”
She gave me a long look. “And he looks at you the same way, which makes the situation worse.”
The image arrived immediately: Dean watching me across a crowded room, attention fixed so completely it became difficult to think about anything else.
Including breathing.
Mila continued before I could answer. “I am not telling you to end it. I would not waste my breath if I thought that was remotely possible now.”
“Very supportive.”
“I am serious, Luka.” Her gaze narrowed. “You need to stop looking at him as if you’re deciding whether to drag him into the nearest locked room.”
I looked away in a heartbeat. That was far too accurate.
“You believe subtlety is no longer one of my strengths,” I muttered.
“I believe you spent so long denying yourself this that now you finally have it, your entire face changes when he walks into a room.”
