He'd be wearing a loincloth though."There was a cough. "Jesse! I told you that what happened during the pickup was merely a way to establish that I'm ...he citizen. I won't force you to face that again. Just keep calm. I'm not expecting you to be the perfect lover." She has me for that," Milli's voice interrupted."Wait," Ashley said. "Milli can talk over the AI. Can I?"I waited silently. "Mark," Jessica said. "Sorry about that. I wanted Milli to be able to call me should I ever leave the home. I. Uh ... like you." "I like you too," he smiled. "No," I shook my head, my breathing so heavy I was sure he could hear it. "I mean, I really like you." "I know," he stepped forward, now so close I could feel the heat radiating from his body. "I like you too." "What?" My voice raised a few notches, only seconds from being a screech. "I have seen the way you look at me." He smiled at me, moving back and sitting on the edge of his desk. "After a while, I guess I started looking at you the same. But it shan’t matter, they can’t prove anything.”“You better hope they can’t or I’ll make what you did to our house-elf look playful”“They can’t. I swear it.”“Fair enough. What do we do with the elf now?”“Dobby understands his place once again. To grant him forgiveness requires one more task. I just found out through interrogation that he knows where Potter lives away from school. And he can get in and out easy even with blood protection. This gives us a grand opportunity to dispose of the. Mr. W appeared again, giving polite thanks to my aunt and uncle before heading his way toward the door. I gave a exhale of relief and closed my eyes.You were worrying about nothing. Nothing happened. Let it go.“Hey.” My eyes opened. He was standing in front of me.“I know it’s getting pretty late, but I was wondering if I could get some feedback on some pieces I’m writing. Do you mind stopping by in like 15 minutes. You’d be doing me a favor.”“YES.” The wine must have hit. “Yeah-yes. I can do.