Love Unbreakable

Blushing, Jamie wrapped her arms around his neck.

"You have no shame, do you?"

With a grin, Jarrod patted her rear.

"I've seen you unfazed in far more brazen scenarios."

Their conversation dwindled as they walked away, Leaving Nicole alone, curled up behind the exit passage.

The back of her head and her elbow bore the brunt of her fall, both now pulsating with pain, making standing up a real struggle. Only a few days had elapsed in their supposed three-year arrangement, and Nicole had already found it hard to endure.

not to marry within their agreement,

Jamie, she could be cast aside at any

Jarrod and blurted out, "Aren't you supposed to be with

fell quiet on the other end. Lifting her gaze, she found not Jarrod, but a young doctor in a white coat, holding a cigarette and regarding her with a perplexed

Nicole hastily apologized.

"I'm sorry."

The doctor glanced at his cigarette and then back at her, putting it out without

knew

on the rail, she mustered the strength to stand and limped toward the

she tripped. The young doctor steadied her, releasing her hand once she was balanced. Noticing her scrapes and cuts,