Ungrateful

ERIKA

This one was filled with anger and irritation, but for the most part, revenge. Something told him that he needed to be careful about where her anger surfaced on because he couldn't afford another crisis between them or just in his life. He also had to protect Erika. As Selena left the room, he looked back at Erika's shocked form at the doorstep, watching him with utter confusion.

"What was that?" She asked in her soft innocent voice that was not trying to accuse him on something even if what she saw looked pretty questionable.

"Don't worry. That was something that will never bother us ever again," he assured her, not sure if she understood what he meant. But he hoped she wouldn't let her thoughts take a wrong direction where she thinks I was trying to double cross her. At that point, by then, he already knew how her mind worked and exactly what sets it afloat and gets it more prone to misunderstandings. He didn't want any more of those misunderstandings between them because it m