Bella Bella’s eyes moved to Parker when he reached out and tucked that loose strand of hair behind her ear. His fingers trailed around the outside of her ear softly, and then his hand was just gone. He’d smiled at her and returned his attention to his breakfast. She didn’t know if he’d done it on purpose or just hadn’t thought about it at all. It could be either, she thought, one that would annoy her on purpose, or it could have been done absent-mindedly, because he knew what she was going to be to him; a simple Mate thing. Something she’d seen herself a million times over the years; with mated pairs. They touched each other absently at times and it kind of went unnoticed by the one doing it. Bella, however, didn’t know which it was, and he was confusing her. She knew that he was playin

