Fifty-four

~Isabella’s POV

"Leave me alone, Nathan. This is all your fault! Just leave me alone." I said as I tried to bat his hands away.

"Bella," he said pleadingly in his gruff voice, the one that always made me just want to pull him in and hug him tight without letting go.

“Did you see what you caused?” I said angrily to Nathan.

He quickly placed his hand on my lips, telling me to keep quiet and pushed me against the wall, guarding my back with his hand.

I glared at him and also kept mute so that I wouldn't land myself in trouble.

His body pressed against mine and I began to breathe heavily as he put his head near mine. His breath tickled my ear and I began to breathe heavily.

No words, no movement, just utter disbelief and dark, disturbing heat that raced through my veins like wildfire.

The warmth from earlier had erupted into a full-blown volcano, dripping lava until every nerve ending blazed with sensation. My heart thundered with the force of a thousand galloping horses, and the poundi