Chapter 16

All the while Ryley's eyes remained glued on Valen's body. He was though involved in cracking jokes with his friends while Hazel clung on his arm, his focus stayed only on Valen and her movements. He smiled with Hazel, laughed with his friends, there was only one thing that he was interested in notwithstanding. 

Her.

Her every move caused him to direct his eyes in that direction and read her features. Nobody has ever intrigued him like this. He himself was shocked when he learned how his body reacted to her words and everything that she does. But there was nothing he could do. It was as if he was being attracted by her like how a bee gets attracted towards the scent of a flower. 

His emotions flowed against his will. He wanted to avoid her, unfortunately, something kept forcing him to keep noticing her. 

"Valen, woul