Chapter 37: Taken

Damon's POV

Layla wasn't talking to me, well she was but not as before. It was either she answered what I asked her specifically or asked closed ended questions and I missed talking to her about the little things. All this started the second Amber stormed into my office and oddly enough, Layla didn't ask me anything about her to this hour.

“Look, I know you're probably wondering what happened this afternoon at the office”, I turned to look at her. I couldn't sleep, the whole thing was weighing so heavily on me, and it killed me knowing that Layla wasn't talking to me because of it, she wouldn't say it, but I know her.

“I'm really not interested”, she turned a page of this new book she started reading and continued reading

“Layla, I'm talking to you”

“I listen with my ears Damon”, she looked at me for a while and closed her book for a second. “Not with my eyes”

“It would be a lot better if you just looked at me”

“What difference is it going to make?”, she rolled her eyes, removing her