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.

to know how he

he relax or even if he does it? "That was one

Now, it's your turn."

match his but I told him

have a beauty mark on

eyes darken and he narrowed those dark grey eyes on me like

small voice, I confessed, "I didn't know

told you I didn't have

He started walking.

coming for me but then

me a big

go back home when I heard his footsteps stop behind me and

lips and I turned around, seeing that he was already several steps away

time and then I blurted out,

slowed and he

got that he was waiting for me to

"I am not sure

and I don't know

finally turned to

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

can ignore

I giggled.

I tucked a loose strand behind my

"Why?"

head and replied, "I

disagreeable noise and he asked, "Why do you have a crush on this guy? Is he

lips and thought about

"Yes.

He's in my class.

he's not

at the uneven forest floor as I

He seemed untouchable.

I want to…? I looked at his

and

want to

know him

and then he turned to me and said, "If he hasn't noticed

can you

but before he could answer a shriek left my mouth as I stumbled over a

echoed around us as he crouched down and

"Are you okay?"

brows knotted

sat back on my arse on the uneven ground and

blood

a small scratch it pained me like

"Let me see…"

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

was wearing

had ridden up to

tugged them down, but couldn't do it entirely as

through my dry throat and said, "I think I'm

"It's not."

to disagree when he turned my leg around and I gasped when I saw a cut on the side

inches and it was the source of my

"Oh.."

at the bloody wound, only to snap them open

"What,"

my arms around his neck, only because I was afraid to

"You can't walk.

you clean this and band-aid

else except how his scent bombarded my senses and how his heat was

liked being

I said, "No.

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