The soft hum of the car engine was the only sound filling the silence between William and Anna.
The moment they stepped out of the restaurant, the warmth William had shown her vanished entirely, as if it had been nothing more than a fleeting performance.
In its place, an unsettling coldness settled over him, his once affectionate presence now distant and unreadable. His sharp features were expressionless, his gaze fixed on the road ahead, giving no indication of the man who had just held her so tenderly minutes ago.
A shiver ran down Anna's spine. Unnerved by the sudden shift, she instinctively pressed herself against the car door, creating as much distance as possible between them. Though her tears had stopped, the tension in her posture betrayed the storm still raging inside her.
