Chapter 16

I woke up in the middle of the night, gasping for air as I shot up from the couch. I looked around frantically and tried to remember where we were. My heart thudded loudly against my ribs painfully and the blood rushed to my head.

My hands were clutching the shirt covering my chest in a fist, trying to calm my ragingly beating heart.

I finally managed to force myself to focus and reminisced what happened last night. Meanwhile, Adam, who apparently gave me some space to sleep and decided to sleep on the carpet instead, stirred awake and hummed in silence.

After rubbing the sleep off his eyes, he sat and stretched, instantly wincing and held onto his back. He finally caught me staring and scratched the back of his head awkwardly. “Erm... Hey?” It came out as a question and I can’t help but give him a weak smile at the attempt he made.

“Was it another nightmare?” He asked as I shifted and gave him room on the couch. He