Chapter 10

"How did you know I was there?" I asked.

When we got out of the building, I almost fell to the ground because my knees were so weak. I even had to be escorted by him to the nearest bench near the entrance.

It's indeed already dark. There are still students but I could count them with my fingers. When I looked up, there were already a lot of stars above. It would be nice to just look up and watch them twinkling. But I couldn't shake the fear off from what happened just a while ago. If Zandrey didn’t come, I couldn't imagine what could've happened.

"I tried reaching you but you were not answering," he replied. "So I asked Daisy and she told me you're probably still in class. So I went there," he added.

"Why are you looking for me?"

"I was gonna ask about dinner," he replied. "You didn't reply to my texts," he added.

I nodded, still looking up above.

"Are you okay?"

"I wasn't, until you came."

This time, I looked at him and tried to smile. But as I smiled, the tears fell. They we