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I don’t just like Jace. He’s not just someone that I plan to date and see how it goes. I already know how it will go. Because I can’t imagine my life without him in it.
Holy fuck.
I think I love this guy.
“Kayla,” Jenn suddenly says. Her pale brows are pulled together in a slightly worried frown. “You okay?”
Clearing my throat, I give my head a quick shake to clear it before I snap my gaze back to Jenn. “Yes. Yes, I’m okay. Sorry, I just spaced out a little.”
She smiles, and then asks me what I think about a character that I have never heard of. While she explains who it is, and then launches into a whole discussion about him with the rest of the table, I do my best to engage and talk and nod like an active participant. But my mind is still echoing with that realization from earlier.
I think I love Jace.
Even after we’ve finished our coffee and said goodbye, I can’t get the thought out of my head.
Sliding my hands into my pockets, I stare unseeing at the sidewalk ahead of me as I walk back to my apartment. My mind continues churning and my heart is pattering in my chest.
I’ve had boyfriends before, of course. When I was younger. But I don’t think I’ve ever loved anyone before. Not like this. And it terrifies me. Because now, I suddenly have something to lose. What if Jace doesn’t feel the same? What if he’s?—
The back of my neck prickles.
Yanked out of my thoughts, I blink at the street ahead. But everything is empty and quiet. This is one of the more deserted parts on the outskirts of campus, so no one else is walking along the sidewalk. And there are no cars coming towards me either.
But that strange feeling in my stomach doesn’t go away.
I glance over my shoulder.
A nondescript blue van rounds the corner and starts coming down the street.
It shouldn’t be an odd occurrence. And yet…
Where have I seen that van before? Have I seen that van before?
And it’s driving much slower than is needed on this road.
A sudden pulse of panic shoots through me, and I yank up my phone and hit call.
Jace picks up after only two signals. “Kayla, are?—”
“I think there’s a van following me,” I blurt out. “I think I saw it outside the coffeeshop when I left and it’s here now and it’s driving really slowly and?—”
“Kayla,” Jace interrupts. His voice is sharp. Clear. Alert. “Is your bodyguard there? Are there any other people around you right now?”
“No.”
“Get to a crowded area. Now.”
Fear and panic whirl through my chest like a storm as I whip my gaze around the street, trying to figure out where I will find people. This road has nothing but small university shops, which are all closed now since it’s evening. I cast another glance over my shoulder.
My heart leaps into my throat.
“Oh God, it’s speeding up,” I blurt out as the van suddenly accelerates and starts barreling towards me.
“Run!” Jace snaps
I break into a run.
My sneakers pound against the ground as I sprint towards the next cross street. The car roars behind me, coming closer. I’m not going to make it. The next street is too far. I’m not going to?—
