Chapter 36

Nikki

“Chad? What are you doing here?” A part of me wanted to pull him into a hug and squeeze him tight just to tell him how much I missed him during the entire thing, but that part was only about ten percent of me.

I frowned and furrowed my eyebrows at him, waiting for a reasonable explanation of any sort.

Instead of giving me a straight answer, he moved closer to me and wrapped his arms around me. I widened my eyes in shock, clearly not expecting it.

He put one hand on my head and pressed my head above his shoulder.

I tried to pull away from him but more than I was supposed to be, I was excited about his presence.

“What are you doing here?” I managed to say after a few seconds of standing still in confusion, trying to make meaning from his presence.

Chad pulled away from me and held me at arm’s length.

His lips twitched into a smile as he stared at the bun on my head, and I squinted my eyes in confusion. “What’s so funny?” I put my l