LEIGH
The knock came like the release of bullets.
Ava and I sprang apart so fast, you'd think we'd been caught stealing a government confidential report. My zipper was barely up when the knob twisted.
No warning, just bold, entitled Lilith, stepping in like she owned the space, and suddenly froze when she read the room.
Her eyes sharpened, lips slightly parted, and her entire face drawn into a line of tension. She looked between us, gaze narrowing as it landed on me still adjusting and Ava tugging the blanket back over her legs.
There was nothing explicitly compromising to see. But it didn't matter. The air was too obvious. Her cheeks flamed.
"What the actual hell?" Lilith exploded. "Seriously, Leigh?"
I stood up. "You could knock and wait, you know. Like a normal person." I tos
