Chapter 18 : The Second Time
(Zara POV)
When I got inside that night, Jane was already asleep on the couch with the TV still on low volume and her phone half falling off her chest. I stood there for a moment, just looking at her, wondering how she could look so peaceful when my own chest felt like it had been left slightly open all evening.
I didn’t wake her. I just switched off the TV, took her phone, and placed it on the table before going into my room.
But I didn’t sleep.
I lay there staring at the ceiling, replaying what Dominic had said outside the building. It wasn’t even the full sentence that stayed with me. It was the way he stopped himself. The way he looked at me like there was a line he was actively choosing not to cross.
I told myself it didn’t mean anything. That it was
