20: Second chance mate

PRESENT

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Arabella opened her eyes in fear and panted heavily after watching the monster of her dream. She found Wylder sitting on the couch and staring at her. She closed her eyes and opened them after a few seconds, only to realize that she wasn’t dreaming. He was indeed here, staring right into her eyes as if he were trying to read her.

‘Please tell me what you read, because I don’t know what is there in me to read.' She thought about him constantly, not once thinking of him as a creep, even though he was doing something similar. By now, she had realized her place in his life. She wasn’t some model or angel from heaven whom anyone would stare at.

But people stare at animals in the zoo and ugly things as well. All of a sudden, she became self-conscious and turned her head in the other direction, so that he wouldn’t be able to see her ugly, burned face. She felt him leaving the couch by the slight sound of every movement and reaching near her.

"I know you’re awake. I have to talk with