Chapter 20

• SHAUN'S POV
• The silence that followed the rest of dinner wasn't intentional by me, it just happened. Only the clinking of our cutlery made any form of noise between us.
• I hadn't meant to come off like a jerk, which was surprising because I never really cared in the past. My words had been clumsy, half mean, half laced with sarcasm, a way of not really letting her see me fully. I had thought she would maybe laugh or ease into it since we have been conversing. But she hadn't.