Chapter 46
XENOIS
"Respect yourself, Sophia," I said, my voice harder and filled with disgust than I'd intended in the first place but grateful for otherwise as I added. "And respect me. This isn't happening."
Her eyes were filled with something dangerous before it was quickly gone, and for a moment I caught a glimpse of the woman beneath the acting facade that she got on the exterior.
"You don't mean that, Xenois. You are joking right? You can't mean that. Not after everything we've shared."
"I don't remember sharing anything with you beyond a professional relationship," I said, standing up and putting distance between us, to further cement the fact that I didn't want this, neither was I giving her any secret signals that I was enabling her.
"And even if I did, it's over now and I a
