Juniper's Pov
The drive back to the beach house is filled with chatter and laughter as everyone recaps the day’s events. Sebastian and Liam are cracking jokes. It feels light, easy, like the kind of summer day you want to hold onto forever.
But Theodore is unusually quiet.
I find myself glancing at him a few times. He sits in the front passenger seat, staring out the window, his expression unreadable. The Theodore I know is not the most talkative person in the world, but this silence feels different, he seems lost in thought, far away from the rest of us.
I cannot help but wonder if I have done something to upset him.
Today had felt… good. Better than I expected. He’d been by my side when I needed him most, helping me overcome my fear and guiding me into the water. And during the scav
