Chapter 56: Repercussions

Chapter 56: Repercussions

Kai’s P.O.V

The moment I walked into the balcony, the stench of cigarette smoke entered my nostrils and I started to cough, almost dropping the drinks I was holding.

“Night! What the hell!” I waved my free hand in front of my face to move the wisps of smoke in the other direction, but it did little to help get rid of the awful stench. “Since when do you smoke?”

“I don’t.” He sighed, extinguishing the half-burnt bud onto the railing before discarding it in the bin next to him. “I quit when I joined college, but it seems old habits die hard.”

“What do you mean?” I asked, handing him a bottle of beer before I stood beside him on the railing of terrace, overlooking the woods below and the lake in the distance. “What made you start smoking?”

“All the shit I keep dealing with in my life.” He shrugged nonchalantly, so I pressed the cool glass to his cheek, where there was already a bruise forming. “OW! What the hell, you son of a-”

I couldn’t help but chuckle when h