Sonia’s Point of View For two weeks straight, we’ve been pretending. Michael and I, pretending the air between us isn’t a live wire of frustration, attraction, and… whatever the hell this is. He says it’s progress. I say it’s a ticking time bomb. We’ve been trying—really trying—to be less antagonistic. Less sarcastic. Less explosive. But old habits die hard. Like this morning, for example, when I walked into the kitchen, rubbing sleep out of my eyes, expecting the comforting smell of freshly brewed coffee, only to find shards of the beloved coffee pot scattered across the floor like casualties of some caffeine-fueled war. I stare down at the mess, disbelief mixing with pure irritation, and there he is—Michael—leaning against the counter, looking way too casual for someone responsible for this catastrophe. “It slipped,” he says, as if that explains everything. “You murdered it,” I say, crossing my arms, my foot tapping the floor like a ticking time bomb myself. He shrugs, no
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