★Nathan★
The silence between us had become unbearable. It had been three days since I last spoke to Cassandra, and those three days had stretched longer than they should have. Every email she sent was short and formal. Every meeting she attended was quick and efficient. No small talk, no lingering looks, no trace of the warmth I had seen in her eyes the night I kissed her. She was distant. Carefully, and deliberately distant. And it was my fault. I told myself I would give her space. I told myself that if she wanted to pretend nothing had happened, I could live with that. But I was lying. The silence was driving me insane. Harper was the first to notice. Because of course, she was.
“You are useless today,” she said, as she stood in my office doorway.
“I am focused,” I said, even though
