Teamwork
“I had to walk quickly to keep up with him. My heels were loud, echoing on the hard floor.
“I need some air,” I said, snapping my hand from his and pointing at the huge revolving doors.
“Me too.”
Pushing outside, I relished the sea breeze that instantly coated my hot skin. But it could do nothing to dampen the anger inside me—anger that was bubbling up, sharp and mean like a knife prodding at my flesh.
With each step I took down the palm-tree-lined path, I felt more and more embarrassed by what ...had just happened. More and more indignant that Raven had felt the need to come to my rescue. Who did he think he was, a damn knight in shining armor?
I veered off the spotlit path toward a bench nestled by some acacia bushes. The sound of the ocean, only a few meters away, was loud and crashing, the constant push-pull of the waves a sizzling hiss.
I sat and dropped my head in my hands and was aware of Raven sitting next to me.
Silence stretched between us.
The urge to tumble out my annoyance tickled my tongue.MoreLess
“I need some air,” I said, snapping my hand from his and pointing at the huge revolving doors.
“Me too.”
Pushing outside, I relished the sea breeze that instantly coated my hot skin. But it could do nothing to dampen the anger inside me—anger that was bubbling up, sharp and mean like a knife prodding at my flesh.
With each step I took down the palm-tree-lined path, I felt more and more embarrassed by what ...had just happened. More and more indignant that Raven had felt the need to come to my rescue. Who did he think he was, a damn knight in shining armor?
I veered off the spotlit path toward a bench nestled by some acacia bushes. The sound of the ocean, only a few meters away, was loud and crashing, the constant push-pull of the waves a sizzling hiss.
I sat and dropped my head in my hands and was aware of Raven sitting next to me.
Silence stretched between us.
The urge to tumble out my annoyance tickled my tongue.MoreLess
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