Chapter 97

• "You alright?" Rhodes asks me as the door swings shut behind us, him holding me by my bent elbow peering down at me.
• I tilt my head up towards him and smile. "Yeah I'm good, your mum and your sister are wonderful" he scoffs with a soft grin.
• "Wonderful wouldn't be the word I would use, but I'm glad you like them. And they liked you, you can stop all your worrying now" He tells me gently. I sigh with a grin and lean my forehead against his chest, breathing in deeply. This day may not turn out to be a total disaster like I had feared it might. Rhodes's hand runs through my hair gently before I tilt my head back up to him. His face is warmed by the soft glow of the sun. He seems more calm here despite his protests.