A Few Weeks Later
Ash’s POV:
“You ok?” My words appear to reach Leila through whatever she’d been doing since she looks up at me then but it’s with a confused expression that I can’t understand. “Lei?” I try again to reach her but she just keeps regarding me with that same expression on her face that has me wondering what she’d been thinking about. “Leila?” Trying a new tactic I use her full name - something I hadn’t done in years - but that still doesn’t seem to make her lose the puzzled expression on her face. “Beloved?”
Trying one last time she leans into my arms and sighs, resting her head on my collarbone with a confused look that has her glancing slightly away from me with that same expression in her eyes. But the longer I see her like that the more I know it’s not directed at me.
