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I ignored the guy entirely after that When I went home, I was unsure of what I’d find Would he silently stew and ignorehome to?

There was unease intold o and see Lexi and spend the night at her apartht to be pissed off, and I didn’t want to be in the et during e fits

When I walked into the apartment, I threw hts were still on, and I could hear the sounds of the bathroo Jaxon was in the shower

I strolled to the living rooe look of cleanliness In fact, now that I’d taken notice, the whole apartment was sparkly clean No dishes in the sink, no laundry on the floor, no clutter of e coffee table, no food or crumbs on the couch When had he done this?

In the middle ofbut a towel draped around his hips I hated that I never stopped to take in his beauty in that veryembers of hell, and I hadn’t complimented him in what felt like an eternity His wet hair, now over an inch passed his chin, was dripping in water, and when he stopped in a strange stiff stance to regardinto a puddle at his feet

"I’ll clean it up," he said quietly, noticing ely cool, and his face reserved, hidden in an eer on The air was heavy with uncertainty It made my chest constrict This was the calm before the stor up for days actually, but you never noticed" His voice now sounded accusatory I immediately went into defensiveyou do?" I retorted

"You see I don’t do"

"What’s your point?"

"You drag s, and never praise ht"

"What, do you want a cookie, Jaxon?"

"No, Sara, I don’t want a cookie"

I rolled ently and turned to me "Why did you do it?"

"Do what?"

"You knohat" His eyes searched h his reserved countenance

"Why didn’t you stop it?" I bit back, glaring at him

"Is that what you wanted? You wanted et out of that, Sara?"

"A demonstration that you care"