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

even if he does it? "That was one secret I told you, little

Now, it's your turn."

think my secret could match his but I told him

on the left side

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

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

I

He started walking.

me

telling me a big secret of his and didn't get anything like that

go back home when I heard his footsteps stop behind me and he said, "Come

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

we walked for quite some time and then

slowed and he remained

was waiting

said, "I am

haven't talked to him much and I

finally turned

said, "You don't have to do anything to get

one can ignore

I giggled.

I tucked a loose

"Why?"

head and replied, "I will keep it a

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

licked my lips and thought about

"Yes.

He's in my class.

he's not

at the uneven forest floor as I said,

He seemed untouchable.

I looked at his side

and

to touch

know

and then he turned to me and said, "If he hasn't noticed you yet then he isn't worth

you

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

curse echoed around us as he

"Are you okay?"

brows knotted in

on my arse on

of blood on my left knee with dirt and tiny twigs on my

as it looked like a small scratch it pained me

"Let me see…"

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

was wearing

ridden up to

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

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

"It's not."

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

inches and it was

"Oh.."

wound, only to snap

"What,"

held me up in his arms and I quickly slipped my arms around his neck, only because I

"You can't walk.

you clean this and

except how his

liked being in

I said, "No.

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