Chapter 28

The voice instantly calmed my fears. This is strange because to anyone else the voice is meant to spread fear throughout their being, but for me I am relieved. Eli looks up and makes eye contact with the man who threatened him, and his eyes widen before he retracts his hand. "I'll talk to you later, Thea," Eli grumbles, angry that he was interrupted before he could explain himself fully. "No, you won't. Get the fuck out of here before Grayson sees you," Cooper yells, a smirk growing on his face as Eli trembles in fear. Once Eli is gone, I turn to Cooper with a grateful smile on my face. After being so scared by Eli, I'm now left shaking and confused about my "friendship" with him. For reasons that I can't explain, I immediately wrap my arms around Cooper and bury my face in his chest. Over the weekend, I missed him. I missed Grayson more, but I can't even think about my relationship with him. Cooper's in front of me right now, so I'm going to focus on him. Him coming to my defense prov