99. Gift

After laying there a long while longer, Paige became restless and wriggled herself free, earning an unwilling grunt from the man.

He was now a man, not a teenager anymore, Paige acknowledged, stunned.

For her, not more than a month had passed since they walked home together; he was tall back then already, but now... He would make a good basketball player.

"How tall are you?" She asked while brushing her teeth with the toiletries from the hotel.

"198 cm." Lance grinned while still lying on the bed, blinding her with his attractiveness.

"That's tall." She nodded at her own conclusion and went back into the bathroom.

There was a knock on the door, and before Lance started moving, Paige already opened the door.

She still had her toothbrush in her mouth.

"Jace?" She asked and scrutinized him.

"Why are you all so tall?"