Page 77 of Till Forever Falls Apart
“Oh, you can come in.”
“No, it’s fine. I need to make a quick phone call anyway.” He smiled, then made his way to the car.
I hurried through and reached the kitchen, scanning the room for my bag. Jane appeared and held it up in front of me.
“Thank you, I completely forgot where I put it.” I took it from her. “Do you know if Sebastian came in at all last night?”
“No, I didn’t hear him.” She gave me a tight smile and left.
He hadn’t been home the last few days since Newroz.
Well, not that I’d seen, anyway. Still, he was coming home at some point in the night because I’d always end up falling asleepon the sofa, waiting for him, and then wake up in bed, so he was clearly taking me up and leaving again before I woke up.
It was like we’d ended up going from being glued to each other to two passing ships in the night.
He’d get Logan to take me home from work, saying he had things to do at the office, and then Logan would reappear in the morning to take me back in.
Most of the time, Sebastian would already be in the office when I arrived and make the excuse that he had work to do and never wanted to wake me, but it was starting to feel off again.
That he wasn’t being fully honest with me.
I made my way out of the house and got into the car just as Logan cut his call. He pulled off and started driving.
My fingers seemed to have a mind of their own as they started to rub my sleeve, and it took my brain a while to catch up. I shifted to stop myself, but those little knots were forming in the pit of my stomach.
Something was going on.
“Logan …”
“Yeah.”
“Is Sebastian already at the office?”
“I presume so, otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” he said, eyes fixed on the road.
“So you just randomly turn up at the house in case I need a ride?”
His eyes flicked over to me for a second and then back to the road. “He asked me to pick you up.”
“Oh, so he is at the office then.”
“Where else would he be?”
I gave him a half-smile. He was probably right, and I was just letting my mind wander. There’d be no reason for either of them to lie to me about any of it.
“Oh.” I started digging through my bag. “Happy birthday, by the way. I’ve got something for you.”
His face softened. “You didn’t have to do that.”
“It’s not much, really, but I didn’t want to not get you anything. I baked some cupcakes for you and your family.”
His face lit up. “That’s really kind of you. Zara, my little girl, will love them.”
It wasn’t long before Logan reached the office and dropped me off. I grabbed a cappuccino from the breakroom before heading to my desk. As I arrived, I placed my bag down and glanced through the window of Sebastian’s office.
There he was, sitting at his desk, which was still full of paperwork.
I placed my coffee on my desk and walked over to his office. He didn’t even look up.
