I Was Scared

Chapter 287: I Was Scared Roman I wasn’t sure which part amused me more—the fact that Savannah thought I was asleep… or the fact that River had been assigned the monumental responsibility of “watching over me” and was instead hunched over her phone, aggressively tapping at some obnoxiously loud game. Granted, I had fallen asleep earlier. Savannah’s hands had a way of quieting everything inside me. The moment she touched my hair, stroked my scalp, or even rested her palm against my chest, the chaos in my mind simply… stilled. It was soothing and comforting all at once. But that sleep hadn’t lasted. The second her phone chimed with a message, my eyes opened. And once I realized she was texting—quietly, secretly, anxiously—sleep never stood a chance. I didn’t need confirmation to know who she was talking to. The urgency in her movements, the careful way she eased herself away from me, the way she replaced her body with a pillow as if I wouldn’t notice the difference… It didn’t tak