"I could've answered. God knows I wanted to. But I didn't. Because this time, I wanted to make sure I wasn't just running back to someone who doesn't know how to stay." Summary: The morning after Jace’s late-night message, Ivy wakes to a room filled with soft light—and heavy silence. The message is still there, unread. She holds the moment in her hands, caught between habit and healing. But instead of giving in, she makes a quiet choice: to pause. To wait. To not give more of herself until he proves he knows what to do with it. She doesn’t answer… and that silence might be the loudest thing she’s ever said.