Chapter 275 Critical Condition

• The gesture was small and nearly imperceptible, so much so that Diane would have missed it if she had allowed her mind to wander for just a split second. The only proof that it even happened at all was the way her heart stopped beating when she felt his steady grip on her shoulder and the slight hitch of his breath.
• She and Christopher had been walking side by side before the kid came barreling in their direction. Now that he had drawn her closer, she could smell the clean scent of him as the sea breeze picked up.
• Christopher did not let go of her after that. With his arm around her shoulders, he walked alongside her, slowing down to match her pace as they left footprints on the soft, white sand. "How have you been recently?" he asked, his voice layered over the crashing sound of the waves.