“Are you just going to stand around lighting candles for the rest of the night, or are you actually going to talk to me without turning it into an argument?”
I nearly jumped out of my skin when he spoke, for I hadn’t been expecting him to do so, if I was being completely honest with myself. I had been under the impression that he was going to stand in the corner and mope for an indefinite amount of time, but it seemed like that time was now up. I hadn’t been able to light more than five candles at this point, and they weren’t doing a very good job at lighting up the room—but they also happened to be the only ones here.
I had no choice but to resign my attention to Dae once more, even though I would have preferred for that to be the last thing that I would do.
“Would yo
