Chapter 56 Pulling Strings

• "Ethan, you can't keep dodging this. You've been distant for weeks now. What's going on?" Mia's voice had that sharp edge I was starting to hate. She had become more of a fixture in my life than I ever intended.
• I stared out the window, not really listening to her. My mind was elsewhere-on Jasmine. Things between us had gone from complicated to completely out of control. Ever since I found out about her private client, something inside me snapped. She wasn't just slipping away; she was concealing a whole new life from me, and I wouldn't let go. Not now.
• "Ethan?" Mia pressed, her hand landing on my shoulder to tug me out of my reverie.