Zara stood there, frozen, her fingers still wrapped around the doorknob as Lennox stepped inside.
The sound of the door shutting behind him felt louder than it should have, like a warning bell ringing in her ears.
For a brief, insane second, she thought about bolting… just sprinting past him, yelling “Bye!” over her shoulder, and hoping he wouldn’t ask any questions.
Would she make it if she tried? Of course, she knew she would. It wasn’t as if he was going to stop her or anything. Besides, she would have the benefit of surprise.
But that would only make her look guilty. And she wasn’t guilty of anything
Right? At least, she had done nothing wrong here in the house. All she did was clean all the place, and then shower.
Lennox hadn’t said she couldn’t use his shower. He hadn’t given
