The car was too quiet.
Not a single word passed between them as Ethan drove. Not even the radio buzzed in the background. It was just silence, thick, stretching and very uncomfortable. But inside Sophia's head, the silence was deafening.
His friend's voice replayed again and again in her ears. "I saw your ex-girlfriend with her husband and brother at the law firm. She has changed and she's so beautiful."
Sophia's jaw clenched. Her fingers pressed against the fabric of her dress, crumpling the material. Every word, every syllable rang through her mind like it was a warning bell. Her heart thudded painfully in her chest. There was a coil of tension at the base of her neck that refused to ease.
She turned her head, just enough to glance at Ethan. His face was blank, focused on the road, but she was sure that she had seen it. She had seen that slight emotion, the pause in his breath, the way his lips parted and then quickly pressed together the moment Aneira's name was mentioned.
