AVERY
"Here,” Roman tossed a small rectangular box to me.
I caught the box, fingers clenching it tightly, wondering what might be inside. “What's this?”
“A new phone,” he muttered, hands buried into his pockets. “Keep it with you always. And don't let some i***t toss it into the water.”
‘How did he know?’ I blinked in surprise.
Come to think of it, I haven't heard from Elliot Rowan since that night. Deep down, I felt sorry for him, it was all my fault and shouldn't be punished because of me.
“Avery!”
“Yes…huh. I will go grab my bag and join you in the car,” I replied in a rush, snapping out of my thoughts.
I stepped out of his office, making a mental note of reaching out to him to apologize for all that happened. At the same time, my heart pounded against my ribs
