Chapter 19

[Justin’s POV]

I wiped my tears with the back of my palms and looked at her sitting up and staring up at me with so much worry in her eyes.

I cleared my throat. “When did you wake up?” I asked, my voice sounding hoarse due to the tears I had been shedding.

“Not too long ago,” She responded.

“I’m sorry if I disturbed your sleep,” I apologised.

She smiled. “You didn’t, it’s fine to cry,” She said.

I nodded my head without saying a word then she did something that surprised me.

She took me in her arms, making my head rest on her bosoms.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?” I asked, trying hard not to laugh.

“I’m petting you, numbskull,” She said.

I was about to laugh when I remembered Aiden’s words which pierced my very soul. He was right. If I didn’t stop what was going on between Amber and I now, it will be hard for me to stop it later on, thereby causing me to implicate myself in a crime I didn't commit in the neares