Jade
For a few agonising seconds, uncomfortable silence hung thick in the air. I could feel Darius’s gaze searing into me, every second a quiet demand I wasn’t ready to answer, and it took everything in me not to shift under his scrutiny. My eyes darted around the room until they landed on the chair across from me, and I awkwardly pointed to it.
“Why don’t you… take a seat?” I said quietly. I just needed him to sit further away, somewhere that would let me keep my head straight.
Darius followed my gaze, his lips pressing into a barely restrained smile as he looked at the chair. It looked ridiculously small next to his powerful frame, almost laughable. I swallowed hard, feeling heat creep up my neck.
“Actually, maybe…” I gestured to the larger chair nearer to me, hoping he wouldn’t noti
