Chapter Nine: Birthday Surprise
A week passed, and Danielle hadn't spoken a single word to Theo.
She managed to walk past him every morning, pretending he didn't exist.
When he greeted her, she didn't even blink. When he followed her to class, she acted like his shadow wasn't there.
Her awkward silence was colder than her insults, and Theo, though he didn't show it, he still felt strange about it.
Her personal bodyguard didn't mind her anger. What he did mind was the secret sitting in his chest…the one he hadn't found the courage to tell her yet.
Her father's…
The news had spread quietly across the country, headlines discussed rather than shouted.
"President Geiger assassinated in his private office."
But Theo had moved faster than the story. Every newspaper delivery to the campus was stopped.
Every news alert on the students' phones mysteriously disappeared. He even bribed a guard to keep the television in the common lounge "under repair."
Danielle never found out…
