Bab 164: ~ 164: A Risk To Take - Part 1 ~

With the two obstacles being gone, I had finally gotten him to myself after many days of endless separation. I looked into those emerald green eyes that gazed at me. He stayed like that without uttering a word, even after the bell had rung already.

"I can have you to myself today, right?" he asked in a small voice that seemed to hold some fear and a lot of nervousness.

"No disturbances today," I replied with a small smile. Then I gasped as he traced his finger down my cheek with narrowed eyes. It was like he was looking at something serious on my face.

"Did he hurt you?" he asked with serious eyes, brushing his thumbs against either side of my jawline whilst holding my face with his large, soft hands. "You seem a little tired and it appears to me that he made you do something awfully hard or something you would dislike."