"Bella."
Onyekachi reached for my hand, but I pulled away.
"Don't touch me."
"Bella, I honestly forgot, and you know how crazy the lines get there."
I nodded, suddenly feeling like I was the one overreacting.
"Onyekachi, let me crash on your couch tonight. I'll be gone by morning."
"Bella, just sleep in the bedroom. Don't do this, don't overthink."
Onyekachi kept talking, but his tone was as indifferent as ever.
I couldn't shake the image of his frantic search for Devinne from my mind. He had never been like that with me.
"I'm not overthinking. You went through the trouble of buying medicine and hot cereal. Thank you."
I parroted Onyekachi's indifferent tone, not expecting it to catch him off guard.
"Bella, why are you being so sarcastic?"
I looked up at him. This man always ha
