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105: Is He Worried?

Author: StoriesByLily
last update Last Updated: 2024-04-23 18:27:51

SCARLETT

The worry lines on his face couldn't be be borne from anything but genuine concern, but I still felt like I’d imagined it.

For some reason, all I could do was stare at him and wonder why he was in that state. I’d never seen him be anything but sensual, angry, or taunting. It felt like I was looking at a completely different person as he shut the door behind him and walked towards me.

“Are you okay? I’ve been looking for you everywhere,” he let out a deep sigh.

Had I heard right? I doubted it, Alex has never cared about my wellbeing in the slightest. In fact, the most notable act of human decency he's shown me was when he gave me a bottle of water earlier today.

However, his appearance backed up his words.

He definitely looked like he’d been going from place to place in the last couple of hours. He still had on his work clothes but the edges of his pants were dusty, his shoelaces were loose, his collar was crumpled, his shirt was untucked with the sleeves folded haphazardly an
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