Sophia’s POV
For a moment the entire grocery store seemed to pause.
Not completely.
Carts still rolled somewhere in the distance. A scanner beeped at the checkout counter. Someone laughed near the bakery section.
But around us?
Around this exact aisle?
Time slowed.
Colton stood a few steps away, his gaze locked on me.
The surprise on his face lasted only a fraction of a second.
Then it vanished.
Replaced by something steadier.
Controlled.
That was something I had begun to notice about him in the short time I’d known him. Colton rarely allowed emotions to sit on his face for long. They appeared briefly, like lightning behind clouds, before discipline swallowed them again.
But even with that control, I had seen it.
He had not expected to see me here.
And then his gaze shifted.
