Chapter 64

“Zane!” Lana called out in surprise to see him walking up to them. “What are you doing here?”

“I was looking for you since we didn’t have any classes together today and you weren’t responding to my texts. Carmen told me you might be with Avery and I saw her walking away from this direction so I…” his voice trailed off as he turned to River, almost as though he only noticed him standing there. “I’m sorry… am I interrupting something?” he asked nervously. The fact that the two of them were together in such a secluded area made Zane wonder what exactly they were doing.

“N-No… we were just talking.” Lana said.

“Yea. Just talking.” River repeated indifferently. “See you around.” he said, not looking at anymore in particular as he turned to walk away.

“Ah.” Lana opened her mouth to call out to him but stopped herself as she did not know what to even say to him. She watched River walk away before turning her full attention to Zane. “Sorry I didn’t text you back! I w