Monty was on edge at being called out. Ishmael could always read him so well that it was rather annoying.
He actually winced when Ishmael repeated his words. The vampire was not going to just let this go, was he? His pride warred with his sense that the sooner he just admitted, the sooner something could be done about it. Though what could be done about it was not a thing that Monty even knew otherwise he probably would have done it a long time ago. They couldn't continue to work so smoothly together if they didn't get back into sync was also another factor.
He was silent for a long moment before finally responding. "It was never something I meant to do." After all, Monty had always ever been in love with himself rather than other people.
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