"Huh?" I didn't quite get what he was warning me about.
Before I could ask, the bike jolted beneath me, and I instinctively grabbed onto Dylan's waist, holding on for dear life.
"Your heart's pounding." His amused chuckle vibrated through his back and straight into my chest. "Scared you'll fall?"
"You'd better be careful. If anything happens, they'll blame me for it," I muttered anxiously.
"Nora, you don't have to take the blame for everything," Dylan laughed. "What do you think you are, some kind of superhero?"
He'd never understand what it was like to live under someone else's roof, always on edge, afraid of messing up. So I didn't bother arguing. I just clung to him like he was a pole keeping me upright.
Dylan veered onto a path I didn't recognize—narrow, winding, full of sharp tu
