Forbidden Pleasures
Cousin’s Forbidden Affairs 10
Silent Treatment
Maryann’s pov
For the next forty-eight hours, I treated Kai like he was pure poison. I erected a cold, silent wall between us, and I refused to let him take even a single step over it.
It took every ounce of my strength to maintain the distance. Every time he walked into the kitchen, I would immediately set my glass down and walk out into the hallway. Every time he tried to catch my eyes from across the living room, I would fix my gaze firmly on the floor or on my phone. When my phone vibrated in my pocket and his name popped up on the screen, I opened the messages just to let the system show him I had seen them, and then I left him completely on read. I didn't reply with a single letter. I even went to the dining ro
