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EVA

"He is sitting right here and he isn't deaf. " he shot back.

Omar cocked his brow, looking between the two of us and then slowly, deliberately slowly, he turned back to his food, eating in silence. A fine act. If Axel didn't leave, then he wasn't talking to me.

I schooled my features before turning to Axel, shrugging as if to say 'well, you heard him'.

His mouth fell open in shock. "I cannot believe you. You're sending me out? " I shrugged again. He looked completely floored. He probably wasn't used to not having his way. "Wow. " he blinked, before getting up and storming out of the room.

"By the way, you're paying for my breakfast. " Omar shouted after him and I swear I could literally hear the slew of curse words Axel threw at him. I laughed lightly.

The truth was, I wasn't really comfortable hashing stuff out and while Omar had seen that part of me several times already, he knew that I still hated doing it, and I could never when we had company.

So when he'd asked Axel to