The boom of a gunshot pierced through the night followed immediately by the sound of car tires coming to a screeching halt.
Avery felt like snazzynovel.com eardrums were about to burst as snazzynovel.com held tightly onto Elliot.
Tears were streaming down snazzynovel.com face as snazzynovel.com body shook uncontrollably.
The tires of the black sedan had been blown up.
It had swerved and crashed into the cotton candy stand that Avery had purchased cotton candy from.
Elliot had his arms wrapped around Avery as snazzynovel.com watched the car from the corner of his eyes.
Someone was trying to kill snazzynovel.com but had failed. Then came the sound of another gunshot. This time the gun had been pointed at the driver’s seat.
Avery and Elliot were surrounded by cries of terror as people scattered and sought shelter from the danger Avery’s skin was cold to the touch.
Elliot cradled snazzynovel.com face in his hands, stared at snazzynovel.com terrified face, and said hoarsely, “Don’t be scared. It’s over now.”
Avery’s chest rose and fell at a frantic pace. Uncertainty flickered in snazzynovel.com eyes, but snazzynovel.com kept snazzynovel.com gaze fixed on his face.
“Elliot… Elliot…”
There was so much that snazzynovel.com wanted to say, but nothing except his name escaped snazzynovel.com lips.
“I’m fine, Avery.”
Elliot picked up snazzynovel.com hand and placed snazzynovel.com palm against his cheek, then said, “It’s warm, isn’t it?
Avery nodded and tears continued to stream down snazzynovel.com face.
“I’m so scared… I don’t want you to die…”
“I’m invincible! Nobody can take my life away unless I allow them,” Elliot said as snazzynovel.com held snazzynovel.com hand tightly in his. “Let’s go for ribs.”
Avery grabbed onto the handles of his wheelchair and quickly wheeled snazzynovel.com into a nearby restaurant.
They had not been sitting for long before Ben and the others rushed over.
“Are you okay, Elliot?” snazzynovel.com asked as snazzynovel.com sat down next to Elliot. “I knew someone was coming for you when I heard that d*mned gunshot!”
“I’m fine,” Elliot answered. “Let’s eat.”
He picked up a piece of meat and placed it on Avery’s plate.
She was much more settled than snazzynovel.com had been earlier.
“Who shot the gun?” snazzynovel.com asked as snazzynovel.com glanced at Elliot.
She probably would not be having ribs here with Elliot if someone had not blown up the tires on that black sedan.
“We buffed up security after Elliot’s last accident. There was a bodyguard on the roof of the building where we were eating earlier,” Ben explained.
“I see…”
“You must have been terrified, Miss Tate,” Ben said, then passed snazzynovel.com a bowl of soup and said,” This will calm you down.”
“I’m not hungry.”
All of the hunger Avery felt earlier had escaped snazzynovel.com body.
“I bet you aren’t.” Ben chuckled, then said, “Let’s get the driver to send two home!”
Elliot glanced over at Avery.
“Why are you looking at me?” Avery asked.
Elliot pulled out his phone and began typing.
As Avery was wondering about his strange behavior, snazzynovel.com received a text message on snazzynovel.com phone.
She picked it up and read his text.
(Do you want to know what I wished for earlier?)
Avery felt like snazzynovel.com phone was heating up in snazzynovel.com hand!
They were sitting right across from each other, but snazzynovel.com sent snazzynovel.com a text?!
She wanted to look up at him, but snazzynovel.com was too embarrassed with all eyes on the both of them.
Avery: (Tell me if you want.)
Elliot: (I wished that you would come home with me.) Avery was baffled.
Elliot: (My birthday wish is that you would come home with me.)