Chapter 28: Accidental Kiss

Without hesitation, his hands wrapped around her shoulder, and before he knew it, he hugged her tightly.

"You're not weak. You did your best. And we'll do our best to find them. Don't cry, okay?" Cedric whispered to comfort her, but before she could say a word, Braelyn's phone began to ring loudly, which caught their attention.

Braelyn finally snapped out of her nightmare and upon seeing that she was in Cedric's embrace, her expression became awkward and shy.

She cleared her throat with awkwardness and tried to wipe the tears that were streaming down her eyes but doing so made their hands meet with each other which made the atmosphere more awkward.

"Ahem. I'll pick up my call now." Braelyn whispered in a tiny and hoarse voice amidst stutter, her face was reddened with awkwardness.

"You can pick it up," Cedric replied with a stutter and quickly sat up. Without hesitation, he began to stride toward the door but upon thinking of something his feet stayed rooted to the floor after open