Chapter 21

I gasped for air and automatically sat up when I heard Bryce's familiar voice, but what surprised me the most was his two hands resting on my shoulders. I heard my chest beating again and my face getting so hot that I was sure it was red again!

"Where have you been, Bryce? You shouldn't leave Gia here alone." Grandma Briella's questioning of her grandson was melodious and when I looked up at her, I saw that she had given the last one a hard time.

"Hey, Bryce. If I were you, I'd watch over Gia and maybe someone else would get that. Go ahead. You'll regret it." I was surprised to look at Grandpa Elizalde when he accompanied his wife's caress to their grandson. The two adults even laughed at the same time.

"I didn't know you were shipping my granddaughter to your grandson, Elizalde." Suddenly, that serious voice of Grandpa Gideon prevailed so we immediately fell silent. "Do you have a co-captain yet? Maybe I fit the position?" But that's how strong the two old people's laughter was aga