Chapter 295: Insecure
Xander was in the library, walking past some bookshelves to see if anything would interest him enough to read. However, he wasn’t a bookworm and he despised books more than he despised his father.
He sighed, deciding to leave the huge library and head somewhere else when he nearly bumped into Samantha once more. And just like earlier, his heart nearly leaped out of his chest this time around.
"Where do you keep jumping out from?" He questioned.
"I’m not jumping out from anywhere. You’re just the one who’s too focused on something to realize someone is nearby," she responded, walking past him to head to a shelf to pick a book.
She glanced up, blowing a few strands of hair off her face when she realized the book she wanted to read was high up the shelves.
"Can you bring down that book for me, please?" She requested, turning to face Xander, who was still standing rooted on the ground and silently wondering if she was a ghost.
Ghosts wore whites anyway and she kept popping up everywhere like one.
Her request drove him out of his thoughts. He looked up at the shelf and asked, "Which one?"
"That one right there—the one with the dark cover," she pointed.
Xander grabbed the nearest ladder and brought it to the shelf. With great difficulty, he climbed the ladder to get the book.
When he climbed back down to check the book, his eyebrows instantly touched his hairline in shock as he tried to register what he was seeing.