Chapter 16: Drunken Lips

Chapter Sixteen

Ivy

I rushed out of the party hardly able to breathe from the lump forming in my throat and the ache in my chest. I felt my heart pressed in its ribcage as the images came back to me.

As soon as I set foot out of the stadium Cole grabbed my hand again and swung me to face him. His grip was hard to escape though his hand did not hurt me.  I tried to make him let go of me by pulling my hand but to no end. He was stronger than I was and the muscular biceps and forearms he had were hard rock from training while I felt like a feather if compared to him.

He brought his other hand to my cheek and I froze. The tears I was holding back before found their way out in a stream on my cheek, now that the night breeze brushed on my face I could feel them trickling. I tried to hold them back but it was useless.

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