CHAPTER NINETY - A NEW FACE

Jayla

"Eddie," I whisper when he comes in front of us bearing a warm smile on his face.

I am surprised that he is here willingly. Because after he stopped replying to my messages, and stopped answering my calls which I tried to do after I came back to the pack, I was convinced that he — just like everyone else — has given up on me too. I was convinced that he no longer wants to be associated to me and he wants me to leave him alone.

And so seeing him here with nothing but warmth on his face is so surprising. But it is a pleasant surprise.

"Jayla," he says, beaming at me and immediately comes directly for a hug.

He is acting just like the Edward l know and remember. He has always liked greeting everybody with hugs.

"Where have you been?" I ask him as he pulls away.

I know that this question coming out of my mouth is weird. And it is simply because I am the reason why this school was closed for a month and the reason why we probably didn't meet.

But I still ask him because I have to pret