Sophia’s POV
The moment the door clicked shut behind me, it felt like the entire room exhaled…
…but not in relief.
In tension.
Thick.
Heavy.
Like the air itself had something to say.
I didn’t even make it halfway across the room before I felt it.
Him.
Behind me.
Close.
Too close.
“Where were you?”
Colton’s voice came low.
Controlled.
Too controlled.
I paused.
Just for a second.
Then kept walking.
“I told you,” I said, trying to sound normal as I slipped my bag off my shoulder. “Emily and I stepped out.”
Silence.
Not the peaceful kind.
The dangerous kind.
The kind that waits.
“I know that,” he said.
Closer now.
“I’m asking what happened.”
My fingers tightened slightly around my bag strap.
“Nothing happened.”
Too quick.
Too sharp.
Even I heard it.
And that was
