Chapter 22. Confused

Her brows furrowed. She asked herself, "Why do I have to join him?"

Dylan walked but stopped when he saw Penelope wasn't following.

He gave her a long, intense glance. "You're going to join me, or else I'm going to pull you from your chair," he threatened.

He startled Penelope, who instantly followed him.

They went outside the campus to eat their lunch. She was thrilled when Penelope saw the route they had to go on. Dylan chose the restaurant in front of their campus.

Penelope started to walk in the opposite direction.

"Penelope, where are you going?" asked Dylan.

"It's an overpass, so why do we need to cross that highway? I'm heading there," she explained.

Dylan disagreed with her.

Why do we have to go across that overpass?" He grabbed her hands and said, "If we're going to use it, look at the distance.

"Nah, your idea is so delicate. I do