Chapter 46

Jason

“I thought I told you to stay put!” I snapped, feeling angry. Well, not anger, I wasn’t angry. I couldn’t explain what I felt but I didn’t want Eve under the eyes of my friends. They would ask insensitive questions and say insensitive things to Eve. I didn’t want her to be here but I spoke too fast as her smile faltered and she looked as if she wanted to cry.

“You don’t have to snap at her.” One of my friends said and I looked at him sternly. I had nothing to say to him. It was like I had lost my voice then and there. Why exactly did I snap at her? I couldn’t explain.

They all looked at me expectantly. I never backed down, I always had something to say but right now with Eve by my side, it was like I had become vulnerable.

“Why do I feel like Jason was caught doing something he shouldn’t be doing?” Another person sneered, making everyone but me laugh.

“Jason, don’t you want your wife to get to know your friends or are you too shy to introdu