her heart thumps against her chest as her sight drops to the ground. she can’t even find the courage, or fathom the words to ask lena. this was the last thing she’d expected ; she never thought she would be asking lena this, that the two of them would even be in this situation. it makes her physically ill to doubt lena, to have these thoughts. but she knows they wouldn’t be in her head if there wasn’t a valid reason.
she clears her throat, head lifting as her orbs land on lena. she sucks in a breath as she fights the urge to let tears form around her eyelids. she swallows the small lump that formed in her throat before she finally opens her mouth to speak. ‘ are you having an affair with monte? ’ as soon as the words leave her lips, her heart beats up to her eardrums, deafening stef as she patiently waits for a reply.