With our backpacks on our shoulders, we took each other’s hands to walk to the underground parking lot. We had decided, and without even needing to talk about it, that from now on, we didn’t care about hostile looks. Elgin and I loved each other, like it or not.
We took the alley leading to the parking lot and waited for the elevator to arrive. Elgin’s car was still parked on level-2.
The doors had barely closed when Elgin threw himself on me and kissed me insanely.
“Six hours on the road,” he growled, kissing the back of my neck. “I’m going to have a hard time holding on.”
When the elevator doors opened, the smell of chalk dust caught our nostrils. My blood froze.
“Elgin...”
He had tensed like a bow and instinctively put a protective arm in front of me.
“Go back!” He ordered me, pr
