Chapter 21

After dropping Ariel off at school, I returned to the motel to see Wesley pacing around the lobby. “Hey, you look… disturbed.” I stared at him in confusion, wondering why he was here so early.

“Just a case disturbing me, though I’m supposed to have no business with it since Tyler and father would be taking care of it.”

“You want to talk about it over coffee?” I asked with my hands tucked in my pockets, tilting my head to the side. A few minutes later, I stood in the kitchen brewing coffee, feeling his gaze piercing into my skin. I held both cups in my hands, moving over the counter to sit by his side on his stool, handing one of the cups over to him. I quickly took mine to my lips, taking a large sip and ignoring the burning feeling on my tongue since it was the only way to ignore the feelings or rather the sparks that saturated my body when my hands brushed against his. Although I was trying not to rush things, it seems I was on the edge of losing the fight of ignoring my feelings fo