Chapter 83

ELLIE

Troy had almost frozen like a mannequin. He seemed like all his life had been sapped away from him in the most unimaginable way. The way his eyes were fixed on me had me feeling like I was Medusa, as the sight of me had him becoming like a stone at once.

“Hello, Dylan...” I made sure all my words were well pronounced in every single move that I made at that point. I wanted Troy to be an active participant in the action that was happening right before him there and then.

It was obvious that all the spotlights were on me at that moment when Dylan and I had embraced each other in the sight of everybody who had been looking.

“I was almost thinking that you wouldn’t be able to come...” I could tell that Dylan was probably seeing my sudden sweetness towards him as awkward but that was what was required of me at that moment. “But here you are...”

“You should know more than anyone that I have been looking forward to this meeting with everything within me. Besides, it’s been a while si