CHAPTER 69

I strolled to the floor above and pushed the door to the library open. The natural rays of the sun flowed through from the windows giving the library its usual ethereal and cozy feel. I picked up the book I had been reading for the past three days. It was getting difficult to complete the book due to all the ruckus of the past few days. Lowering myself to the soft cushioned seat, I folded my legs beneath me and turned the pages of the books to where I had left off, allowing myself to get absorbed in the plot of the novel. I delved into my world of imagination to forget the reality that came in place of William.

An hour in, my phone buzzed lightly in my pocket, I sat up a bit to remove it before sliding accept on the screen.

“Thank God you’re alive,” Shayna says from the other end dramatically.

I chuckle lightly. "What the hell does that mean Shayna, we talked when? Yesterday?”

“Yeah and I texted you three times after that, no reply, I thought maybe you were dead or something like that