Chapter 88. She Is Gone

CHARLOTTE

“Just breathe. I’ll stay on the phone until you fall asleep.” His voice cuts into my dirty thoughts.

I blinked, speechless.

That was it?!

A wave of mortification washed over me, so intense I had to stifle a nervous giggle.

I am so dirty-minded!

I forgot he is the last person to do something like that.

I mean he was trained to be a priest.

I am such an idiot.

I chuckled, the sound strained and embarrassed. “You… you don’t have to.”

“I want to. I want to make sure you’re okay.”

That’s the kind of thing, teenagers in love would do but hey, I am not complaining.

“Alright, I will do just that.

I closed my eyes again, willing my pulse to slow.

I drew a deep breath, and in the silence that followed, I became acutely aware of his.

He was breathing fast. Really fast. The rhythm was sharp and ragged in my ear.

The sound was intimate, visceral.

It made the inside of my veins feel lik