Chapter 64

“I only ever saw you,” Micah confessed. “But perhaps there were other incidentals. The way the door would open, perhaps. I always credited it to a faulty latch, but that’s erroneous, isn’t it?”

“He opened the door for you because I wanted to see you. The latch on the door works perfectly.”

“And the night of our kiss? It opened then, after I stopped you.”

“When I wanted you to leave,” Jefferson admitted softly.

Though there was a slight sting to his acknowledgment, Micah could not begrudge him the truth. That had been a very difficult night for both of them. All that truly mattered was how it had eventually brought them back together.

“I still do not see why he should respond so vehemently when we weren’t even present yesterday,” Micah said. “You’re happy now, so it should not lead to such violence.”

“I would be interested to learn precisely when all the windows shattered. The time could have coincided with the moment I thought I would explode.”