Serene and remote.

Those were the first words that sprung up in Emerald's head as soon as her green eyes had taken in the sight of the building standing before her. Since they had departed from her apartment—after Emerald had being very embarrassed to find someone else sitting patiently in the driver's seat while they had shamelessly displayed their affection for each other—Emerald had been constantly asking Jordan where they were going to, but he had stubbornly refused to utter a word.

When the ride seemed to get farther and farther away, taking more days to reach—in Emerald's perspective—she had continued pestering him but he had only shut her up...