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Chapters (56)
  1. Chapter One
  2. Chapter Two
  3. Chapter Three
  4. Chapter Four
  5. Chapter Five
  6. Chapter Six
  7. Chapter Eight
  8. Chapter Nine
  9. Chapter Ten
  10. Chapter Eleven
  11. Chapter Twelve
  12. Chapter Thirteen
  13. Chapter Fourteen
  14. Chapter Fifteen
  15. Chapter Sixteen
  16. Chapter Eighteen
  17. Chapter Nineteen
  18. Chapter Twenty
  19. Chapter Twenty-One
  20. Chapter Twenty-Two
  21. Chapter Twenty-Three
  22. Chapter Twenty-Four
  23. Chapter Twenty-Five
  24. Chapter Twenty-Six
  25. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  26. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  27. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  28. Chapter Thirty
  29. Chapter Thirty-One
  30. Chapter Thirty-Two
  31. Chapter Thirty-Three
  32. Chapter Thirty-Four
  33. Chapter Thirty-Five
  34. Chapter Thirty-Six
  35. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  36. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  37. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  38. Chapter Forty
  39. Chapter Forty-One
  40. Chapter Forty-Two
  41. Chapter Forty-Four
  42. Chapter Forty-Five
  43. Chapter Forty-Six
  44. Chapter Forty-Seven
  45. Chapter Forty-Eight
  46. Chapter Forty-Nine
  47. Chapter Fifty
  48. Chapter Fifty-One
  49. Chapter Fifty-Two
  50. Chapter Fifty-Three
  51. Chapter Fifty-Five
  52. Chapter Fifty-Six
  53. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  54. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  55. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  56. Chapter Sixty

"I was the smallest person in the school, and I was weird and nerdy." I added humour to my tone as I spoke.

The only person who had not spoken since the conversation was the male beside me.

Stone did not look at me as I turned my head to him.

His expression was murderous. His jaw clenched and unclenched in a rhythm as his nostrils flared.

There was something else swirling around in his black orbs. An emotion that was unrecognised by me. One that made him unable to meet my eye.

Clenched tight was also his hands at his sides. Instinctively I reached under the table and laid my hand on top of his fists. I had no idea why I done it but I interlocked our fingers until his large hand wrapped around mine and squeezed.

He finally met my eye and I almost gasped at how much emotion was on his face as he stroked my hand with his thumb.

"Kids can be so mean." Mr Lewis commented with a sigh.

I took a deep breath and watched as everyone at the table turned to look at me.

"People sometimes don't understand different." I voiced quietly "I'm on the spectrum. I was diagnosed in middle school and others were ignorant to what that meant. Some guys in my class found the concept hard to grasp so they picked on me for being a little different."

The large strong hand tightened around mine.

"It is okay though." I added with a small laugh "The experience made me grow thick skin and I leaned not to listen to what others thought about me."

Stone never let my hand go for the remainder of the dinner. He would not let me go.

Everyone finished their food after a long talk about school and other random topics.

Mrs Lewis started to pile the plates and clean the table up as she told everyone "I’ll clean this up and then come join you back in the living room."

I got up from the table with the others but was stopped when the woman spoke again.

"Ella, could you come and help me in the kitchen please?" Mrs Lewis asked politely.

"Of course." I replied to her, grabbing a few plates and carrying them to the next room alongside her.

I set the dirty dishes on the kitchen counter and just as I was about to load them into the already open dishwasher, a hand stopped me.

A twinkle gleamed in Mrs Lewis' brown eyes as she told me the true motive behind the cleaning duty.

"I’m not going to let you clean the dishes, Ella." The woman spoke with a mischievous grin "I am here to find out why my future daughter in law is not dating my Stone yet."

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Five

My jaw dropped at her question.