Raphael's POV
I woke up and knew immediately something was wrong.
Not from anything she said. She wasn't saying anything. That was the thing. The silence in the room was heavy.
I lay still for a moment and stared at the ceiling of the room.
She was already awake. I could tell from her breathing. She was on her side facing away from me.
I didn't call her on it.
I got up. Went to the bathroom. Washed my face and looked at myself in the mirror for a moment.
I didn't know what to do.
That was the honest truth of it and it sat uncomfortably because I was a man who generally knew what to do. In a boardroom. In a negotiation. In any situation where there was a problem and a solution and a clear path between the two.
This wasn't that.
She was sitting up when I came back out.
Her hair lo
