An Unexpected Invitation

Nadia

The entire night I kept wondering how to put Torin at ease, or if he even wanted me to do that.

I kept recalling the way he had been pleasant and courteous to guests the entire night and had barely shown any discomfort once or twice.

He had been counting down the minutes to his mom’s birthday while his father celebrated his union with another woman.

I simply sat on my bed with the rumpled sh