EMBER’s POV
“I guess this is my stop,” I said when we arrived at my gate and turned to him, and he smiled,
“I guess. Send my regards to Axel. It’s been a while since we had a guy’s day out. I’ll do my best to make time for more soon enough.”
I nodded but didn’t try to leave the car, instead, I stared out the window for what seemed an inappropriate amount of time, before William said something,
“Is there a problem, Em?”
I blew out a breath before finally turning to him,
“Are we going to pretend as though there is none?”
“It might help to be a little bit more elaborate.”
I looked at him in exasperation. I knew what he was doing. I didn’t like it, but I understood it. Even respected it.
“I don’t like the silence we drove in,” I said. I knew I was being unfair, because what else did
