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“Maybe you should kiss him,” she said and winked at me. “He would love that.”
I chuckled and I could feel my cheeks redden. I would definitely like to kiss him. But I was afraid.
“Come on,” Annie said and took my hand in hers. “Let’s go back before Nick loses his shit. We have been gone for a while.”
We left the bathroom and my ears started hurting as soon as we did.
I let Annie pull me behind her and my eyes roamed around the room.
I couldn’t see much except bodies swaying to the beat of the music.
Until my eyes caught something familiar. I stared at him wide-eyed. He was looking right at me. He smirked and mouthed the word mine.
My breath got caught in my throat. My heart started beating painfully fast. My palms started sweating. A sob escaped my mouth, but it was muffled by the loud music.
When I blinked, he was gone, but I knew he was still here somewhere.
I forced my legs to move and started running toward our table. I had a constant feeling that he was behind me and will grab me any second now.
“Aria?” I barely heard Annie over the music. She was confused by my sudden change of pace.
Now I was the one who was pulling her, and I was running to my safe place. Nick.
When we finally reached our table and I saw his face I knew I was safe. I saw that Gabriel was back too, but I ran straight into Nick’s arms.
I crashed into him, and he immediately wrapped his arms around me so I wouldn’t fall back.
“Love?” he asked with worry in his voice. “What happened?”
“He is here, Nick,” I said, breathing heavily.
He growled so loudly that I felt vibrations through my body. But I didn’t let go of him. I couldn’t. I still had a feeling he was right behind me.
Gabriel came closer to Nick with a worried expression on his face. When Nick told him what had happened, Gabriel immediately turned around and ran into the crowd.
“Let’s go home,” Nick whispered into my hair.
I nodded but refused to let go of him. I wrapped my hands around his neck even tighter than before. He understood and picked me up. He wrapped my legs around his waist and carried me outside.
I buried my face in his neck, refusing to look around. I couldn’t see him again.
A few minutes later we were standing by Gabriel’s car.
“What happened?” Annie asked, worriedly.
“He is inside,” Nick answered her, growling.
Annie gasped and I tensed up.
Nick started rubbing my back. “Breathe, love. I will not let him hurt you.”
I took a deep breath and raised my head. I looked at Nick.
“Thank you,” I said quietly.
“No need to thank me, love,” he said and kissed my forehead.
I wiggled out of his arms, and he placed me down. But he didn’t let go of me. He turned me around so my back would touch his chest. He wrapped his arm around me and held me to him.
