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.

to marry within their agreement, she still

that, especially in front of Jamie, she could

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

her gaze, she found not Jarrod, but a young doctor in

Nicole hastily apologized.

"I'm sorry."

cigarette and then back

footsteps approaching, Nicole knew she couldn't remain

to stand and limped

The young doctor steadied her, releasing her hand once she was balanced. Noticing her scrapes and cuts, likely from her fall, he offered,