Chapter Eighty Four

SIENNA

I was expecting him to leave but for some reason, he didn't. I was relieved that he didn't. I could tell that he didn't find my silence pleasing. I didn't find it pleasing either but at the same time, I didn't really know how best I was supposed to reply to him.

I didn't want to lie to him but at the same time, I didn’t think that I had come to the stage where I was ready to be vulnerable. I closed my eyes, trying to ignore how they were stinging with tears.

“You do know that I'm not going to force you to do anything that you don't want to do, right?” he said.

But that was the problem. I didn't know exactly what I wanted from Sylvester. I didn't know what it was that I wanted. All I knew was that I couldn't entertain the idea of letting him go but at the same time, I was too afraid to let down my guard.

“Since you have an off day today, maybe we could do something to take your mind off things a little,” he suggested.

I wondered what it was that he had in mind but I knew tha