I sat down, staring at the entrée of food without meeting his gaze. The morning sunlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows.“You look well. My staff must have been doing a good job.”“Yeah,” I said, raising my gaze slightly to meet him before dropping it again. “Yeah, they’re the best, really.”He didn’t look away. He just kept that gaze on me, boring into my soul.“You don’t seem happy to see me.”“Why are you back?”He didn’t reply. He just gazed at me.I stared back, neither of us breaking eye contact. The room seemed to disappear.After what felt like twenty minutes, he smirked. “This is my house. I can come in whenever I want.”I smiled softly despite myself. “Now that you’re back, I take it that I can leave here, right?”His expression softened slightly. “How have you been?”I ignored the question. “When can I leave here, Rafiah?”He remained silent.“You spent quite a while in LA. Then you just waltz back in here like nothing happened. I’m just about done with all
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