Chapter 23

TESSA MERCER.

I would have said good morning to myself if I slept a wink. I didn't. It's been morning for the past eight hours as I lay with my eyes wide open, rummaging the ceiling and a brain so active I wanted a shutdown button. His never left my head, so did his compliment replay like an anthem— one I loved.

I'm unable to process the fact that he offered to help me. I had no idea what the 'les