Chapter 118

Rayne's POV

We all kept quiet for most of the car ride. I humbly took the backseat for two reasons: to give Celine the proximity she craved with Jacob, and to also avoid his direct attention. Killing two birds with one stone.

Celine didn't even try to hide her staring. She ogled him, making faces similar to the ones maidens wore in all those tragically romantic paintings.

All too soon, though, we got to Celine's dormitory, and dropped her off.

“See you later!” She waved with an enormous smile before leaving. I could only imagine how happy she must have been. Getting a ride from her crush must have sent her over the moon.

But her absence created a gaping hole that had to be filled. I didn't actually want to speak to Jacob, so I turned my head and looked out the window, hoping that time would pass quickly and he'd drop me off at home.

He turned on the radio. Static scratched the air for a split second before a man's clear voice replaced it. “It's a new day in the city of New Jersey, an