Chapter31: A Slumber Party with Tristan

*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 me now. “Listen, Emily was coming on to me, but I was telling her no. My hands were in my pockets. I just… didn’t want you to think that anything had happened between us. Because nothing did.” I can tell th