Chapter 336

It was a quiet dinner for the three of us. The whole time, he looked like he had something to say but kept holding it back. Not until Evan got tired and I took him to bed did he finally speak up, trying to sound casual. “Did you go to the hospital today? You smell like disinfectant.” I was bending over to fix the blanket, and maybe I was a bit petty, trying to push Henry’s buttons, so I told him the truth. “I went to see Xander Lewis. He drank too much last night and ended up with alcohol poisoning.” Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Henry’s brows twitch. His breathing got a bit faster, and then he snapped, “Sophie, do you not care at all about how this looks?” Thinking back to our heated fight last night, I was still a little shaken and didn’t want things to blow up again. So I said, “It’s not that I don’t care. I just didn’t want to hide it. I figured honesty—even if it pisses you off—is better than lying, right?” Henry pressed his lips together, clearly still mad, but with what I s