The abrupt change baffles me, and I wish for the venom once more. For some impenetrable reason, I don't want to leave.
A new level of control courses through his veins, visible in the angle of his chin and the dispassion in his eyes.
"Jasper…" His voice betrays him, caressing my name. He stops abruptly. "Please just…leave. I'm not that lost kid anymore. Seeing you here, in my apartment…" His jaw clenches, and my eyes widen.
"Yours?" I peer back through the glass door at vaulted ceilings, obvious wealth.
"I'm doing well," he answers wryly.
His tone makes me smile.
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