Shared In Tangled Sheets
“Why are we talking about this?”
“Because…” he said gingerly, “I want to understand. I want us to understand each other again.”
Ava looked away. The song in the background changed just then. The soft ache of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” filled the silence between them, each lyric pressing against the silence Ava’s lack of response created.
“I haven’t betrayed you, Xander,” she said softly.
“Did I say you did?”
She looked back at him with sad eyes, his eyes were calm, unreadable.