FAYE
Alexander didn’t speak right away. The silence stretched between us, like he was weighing his response instead of rushing to fill the air. My nerves hummed as I waited, the pounding of my heart so loud it was almost ridiculous.
I wasn't sure what I was expecting him to say. It wasn't like what I had told him required any kind of response in particular, but I just needed him to say something.... anything. I needed to know what he was thinking of me.... of my truth.
Then, without a word, he stood.
I froze where I sat on the bed, watching as he crossed the short distance with that deliberate, unhurried gait that was all him. And when he stopped directly in front of me, close enough that the heat of his body pressed into the space I occupied, my breath hitched.
His eyes locked with m
