Ivonne’s POV

Tobias had come around after being on edge for a while. To say I was glad would be an understatement hence I didn't know I was too uptight about it till I observed him slowly ease of the tension to my relief.

In the previous days I had come to see another side of Tobias. The determined and undistracted side. His expression appeared to be always stoic as his eyes held depth while his brain worked on strategies in silence.

Scared would be the word to describe the feeling I had after the wonder I felt at his behavior disappeared. He was mostly absent during the day and...