Breathe

Saul pretended as if that slipped through his mouth and he didn't mean to cause a misunderstanding. 

"Nevermind what I said." He said and walked backward slowly before turning around and rushing out. 

Ares had already put the pieces together and Nazneen turned to him with a wary look. He lost his appetite and stood up. 

"Ares." 

"I will go rest." He said. 

"I can explain." She tried to push her chair away from the table but he didn't wait for her. She was quick to come after him as he climbed the stairs to the bedroom. 

"It is not what you think." She told him. 

"It doesn't matter." 

"It does." They now arrived at the room and she grasped his arm to make him look at her. 

He really didn't want to talk right now because he was so close to losing it and he didn't want to be that person. He didn't want to be affected by all of this. 

"If it does, how come I don't know about it?" He asked.