“What are you still doing here?”
He didn’t answer immediately. He just stared at me like I belonged to him. Like I was an item he misplaced and finally found.
I asked again, louder this time.
“What. Are. You. Doing. Here??!”
He took a slow breath, like he needed patience to speak to me.
“I came because you refused to open my messages,” Silas said slowly.
My heart throbbed painfully. I didn’t even realize I had balled my fists.
“So you thought embarrassing me in front of my friend was the solution?”
He looked at me like I was speaking a language he didn’t understand. “No one is allowed to touch you like that.”
As he said that… I laughed. A bitter, painful laugh.
“Allowed? Allowed? Silas, are you out of your mind??”
He stepped closer.
“You are my wife… Jade.”
“Not anymore.”
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