Emily had been through a lot in the past few months.
She had been hunted. Betrayed. Nearly killed.
She had faced bullets, conspiracies, and the kind of power plays that left even the strongest men crushed beneath the weight of them.
But this?
James acting like she didn’t exist?
This hurt worse.
Because it wasn’t an enemy she could fight.
It wasn’t a bullet she could dodge or a lie she could unravel.
It was just… emptiness.
She had spent the last two days pretending nothing was wrong. Pretending she wasn’t watching James slip further away with every hour that passed.
And the worst part?
He wasn’t being cruel.
He wasn’t angry, aggressive, or spiteful.
He was just… cold.
Like what had happened between them meant nothing to him.
And it was driving her insane.
THE SILENT TREATME
