Whispers Between Us

The night had been a blur-a fevered rush of emotions, a moment where she had given in to what she had been avoid

have

clung to her thoughts. She had kissed Liam. She had let herself be swept away by him, by the ra

been getting ready for work, but instead, she felt

to Ethan. I n

o Ethan after everything that had happened? Could she pretend like nothing had changed? Her feelin

t texting him, but that felt so impersonal. She needed to speak to him, face-to-face. B

ith a new message,

need to decide, Maya. I can't keep

wasn't asking for patience. He was demanding answers, demanding that she take action. Maya f

ep living

t would come. She had known that she couldn't keep juggling her feelings for both men without consequences.

dn't run

ecision to confront him had been the hardest thing she'd ever done, but now that she was here, there

rbell. She could hear footsteps from

t conversation. His jaw tightened when he saw her, and for a brief moment, they just stood

, his voice hoarse, as though he had

keep running from this, Ethan. I've been avoiding you,

e of uncertainty. Maya felt her heart sink as she crossed the threshold. This was the place where she had

tructed, but the space between them felt like a vast ocean, and

About what happened between us, about how things changed. I never meant

"But they did, didn't they? Maya, I've been asking myself if I even know who you are a

she had broken his trust, but hearing him

for it to happen. But I've been lying to myself. I've been pretendin

, isn't it? It's Liam. I saw the way you looked at him.

sy, but now that it was all out in the open, she couldn't deny the truth. Liam had a pull on her she c

r. "I do. But I've been fighting something inside of me, something t

nd through his hair, his expression torn. Fi

e had once used with her. "I don't know if I can keep being the guy you come back to when it's convenie

r wanted this-never wanted to lose him. But it was becoming clear that things couldn't go

d, her voice cracking. "I

plied, his voice cold now. "B

back to her. Maya stood up, feeling a sudden

ye then," she said, he

ound, Ethan nodded

ad just lost the person she thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. And for

e first time in a long while, Maya realized just how much