SELENA POV
For a second, I almost turned away.
My fingers tightened around the car door as my heart hammered against my chest. Walk away. Just leave. Ignore him the same way he ignored you last night, dismissed you like you didn't matter.
But then something in me snapped. Why should I be the one to leave? Why am I always the one running?
I inhaled sharply and stepped in. I shut the door quietly and turned my face to the window, refusing to look at him. The silence that filled the car was immediate and heavy, I could feel his gaze on me, burning, certain. But I didn't turn. I didn't say anything. And for once, neither did he.
The engine started. We drove.
Minutes passed, then more, the silence stretching between us like something pulled too tight. I noticed after a while that this w
