That landed exactly the way I intended it to.
Her shoulders stiffened slightly while she looked down briefly.
“I didn’t come here to fight with you.”
“Then you shouldn’t have come.”
Avery laughed once without humor before looking back toward the windows.
“You really don’t care anymore.”
“No,” I corrected calmly. “I just stopped caring whether you liked the answer.”
That quieted her immediately.
Good.
I stayed where I was while watching her carefully. Avery still carried herself like someone expecting space to eventually reopen if she pushed long enough. Unfortunately for her, persistence only worked when the other person still wanted something back.
I didn’t.
“You’re seeing someone,” she said suddenly.
I looked at her without answering immediately.
There it was.
“Excuse me?”
