Sienna
The climbing gym was nothing like I expected when Nate brought me there.
It was too bright, too open, and too loud in a way that made every sound feel amplified.
And yet Nate didn't give me the option to leave.
"You said you had something urgent," I reminded him as I stood near the counter, watching him take a harness off the wall.
"I do," he replied without looking at me.
I exhaled slowly, looking at the harness he had put on me. "Nate, I have work."
"You always have work," he said. His expression didn't change. "You came all the way here. Don't start pretending you're leaving now."
"I didn't come willingly."
"That's a detail," he said lightly. "Put the safety hook on, Sienna."
There was something infuriating about how easily he said my name, like it
