Chapter 109: Oops
The laugh still lingered in Orion's throat when he dropped his hand from his mouth. He leaned back against the bark of the ancient tree, the sound shaking faintly in his chest. Sad. The very word seemed absurd rolling from his lips, yet Sophia had said it with such stubborn conviction that he almost forgot to be annoyed.
He let out another short exhale, not quite a laugh this time but close. "Sad? You think I'm sad?" His voice held a thread of disbelief, wrapped in the gravel of his usual tone.
Sophia didn't hesitate. "Yes, I do."
That made his brow furrow. "Why?" He asked intrigued to hear her answer.
"You sound sad." She replied to him "That's why I think you're sad."
There was a pause as Orion absorbed her words. She thought he was sad because he sounded sad. It was funny but it was a very Sophia like answer.
Orion's mouth opened, a retort already forming, but the sound that came next silenced it.
