*Rose*
Seeing Reece in the garden with Emily was unsettling, to say the least, and I didn’t give him a chance to explain. I couldn’t just stand there and listen to him try to tell me it wasn’t what it looked like.
Unless he wasn’t planning on saying anything like that at all.
I rush back to my room, trying to remember that I’m supposed to be focusing on Tristan today, not Reece. I’ll have to worry about him tomorrow.
Somehow, before I get to my door, Reece appears in the hallway in front of me, out of breath.
“Rose!” he says, stopping and doubling over. “Wait.”
I stare at him, look down the hallway in the other direction, where he came from, and then back at him. “How did you get here so fast?” I ask him.
“The other door….” He is still breathing hard, but he takes a few steps toward
