[Abbie’s POV]
I step out of Sun Publishing, Desmond close to my side. Above, the sun is already beginning to set and the city around us is coming to life. Trying to ignore the nervous energy that is beginning to build in me, I pull my phone out of my pocket and read the single text that is waiting for me.
I’ll be waiting.
It’s just three simple words, but they make my heart rate kick up, and that alone leaves me uneasy since things shouldn’t be this way.
“Come on,” Desmond says now, snapping me out of my daze. “I should get you home before it gets dark.”
“Okay.”
Giving a small nod, I allow myself to be led to his waiting bike, and once we are both situated, we zoom into the night. However, for the first time in quite a few days, I don’t go in the direction of the place that I was beg
