Blackmailed For Love

Chapter 15: Tell me a secret

 I didn't know what I was doing here this late in the night.

This time there was no bet involved for me to prove that I wasn't a wuss.

No, this time something else compelled me to sneak out of our little cottage and enter this dark forest that had frightened me the first time.

Or maybe to look for someone.

But it doesn't frighten me as before or maybe it does but I knew that there was someone else who would save me from wild predators.

Leaves crunched behind me and I whirled around with my hand on my heart.

The moment my eyes met his glittering greys my heart started beating for entirely different reasons.

"I know for a fact that there's no bet today.Then what's the reason for your visit here."

He said as he leaned against a tree and slipped his hand in his pocket.

I licked my lips and his eyes dropped to my mouth for a second before they came back to meet mine and he arched a dark brow.

I said, "I just came for a… walk?"

His lips twitched and he asked, "In the middle of the night?"

I shrugged.

"I couldn't sleep.And you are one to talk when you yourself are here."

"I couldn't sleep either."

"Why?"

"A lot in my mind."

I took a step toward him, an unseen thread pulling me to him.

"Want to share.You can, I won't tell anyone."

He looked at me for a long moment and then said, "I will if you tell me a secret."

I frowned at him.

"But I don't have secrets."

"Everyone has secrets, little girl."

"Do you?"

He tilted his head to the side in agreement and asked, "So… Want to trade?"

I chewed on my bottom lip, for a long minute thinking about what kind of secret I could tell him.

I really did not have something that would be secret for someone like him.

But I wanted to know about his secret, so I nodded.

"Fine.Tell me."

"Every time I close my eyes or try to sleep, I feel like someone would suffocate me in my sleep."

I froze.

My whole body jerked with his words.

How could someone feel like that? "Why?"

The question slipped before I could think about it.

The corner of his lips twitched up.

He didn't look fazed by what he said as much as I felt wanted to do something for him.

know how he

or even if he does it? "That was one secret I

Now, it's your turn."

my secret could match his

beauty mark on

and he narrowed those dark grey eyes on me like my

confessed, "I didn't

I

He started walking.

was coming for me but then he walked right by

for telling me a big secret

back home when I heard

A smile stretched across my lips and I turned around, seeing that he was already several steps away I almost ran to

for quite some time and then I blurted out, "I

slowed and

I got that he was waiting for me

am not

him much and I don't know

finally turned to

like a caress and he said, "You don't have to do anything to get anyone's

can ignore

I giggled.

I tucked a loose strand behind my

"Why?"

shook his head and replied, "I will keep it

made a disagreeable noise and he asked, "Why do you have a crush on

thought about my answer

"Yes.

He's in my class.

not my

down at my feet, at the uneven forest floor as I said, "I just like

He seemed untouchable.

want to…? I looked at his side

and

want to

to know him

to me and

can you say

shriek left my mouth as I stumbled over a rock and fell on my

curse echoed around us as he crouched

"Are you okay?"

his brows knotted in

winced as I sat back on my arse on the uneven ground and

bit of blood on my left knee with dirt

a

"Let me see…"

hands away and a moment later his one hand cupped the back of my knee as his other rested

wearing

had ridden up to

slowly tugged them down, but couldn't do it entirely as he was still

through my dry throat and said, "I think I'm alright, it's only a little

"It's not."

my leg around and I gasped when I saw a cut

six inches and it was the source

"Oh.."

at the bloody wound, only to

"What,"

I quickly slipped my arms around

"You can't walk.

you clean

thought of something else except how his scent bombarded my senses and

liked

I said, "No.

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