27

SIRA

Alpha Eros gave my ankle one last squeeze and then, he looked up at me. My heart caught in my throat, and I assumed as always that I was paranoid, and he felt nothing for me. I sighed as I looked away from his gaze, not wishing for him to see the emotion that swiped across my face. There was only one thing that was true, and that was the moment that I shared with him was a lie. He didn’t care for me.

“I should get going,” I said quietly.

He nodded, and placed my leg on the floor calmly. I looked down at my legs as he helped me to stand on my feet. The pain was still severe, but I tried my best to ignore it. It would do well not to show my weakness.

I didn’t get him, and the last time when I thought he really wanted to help, he had made me fall to the floor without a care in the world. I sighed as I let my hand slide through my hair. There was no need to feel such intense emotions, but I did feel it since I had no choice.

I tried to make a move to go, but he wasn’t really being h