His Despair by S. N. Nina Arthur (most popular ebook readers txt) 📖

“The rules you created for April…” I said while looking at him trying to not offend him or anger him. 

“Some of them are… “ I tried to search for the right word to use but nothing was coming to my head. 

“Are?” he asked, sounding impatient. 

“Irrelevant?” I said while looking at him and taking his expression in. 

He’s calm! 

He stared at me without saying anything and it made me more nervous, all of a sudden he grabbed the front legs of the chair and pulled it towards him. I gasped at his action and looked at him, his face was just mere inches away from mine. I was now sitting in between his legs, I was so close that I could feel his hot breath on my face.  

He placed his elbow on the arm of the chair and leaned down to my height, his beautiful blue/green eyes were right in front of mine and were dangerously staring into mine. I gulped hard and moved back from him. 

Control yourself! 

“Why do you think so?” He asked in a low and husky voice making the hair on my neck raise up. 

I blinked in confusion, What! I thought. He raised an eyebrow up with a questioning look which pulled me back and the realization hit me. I swear, I saw the corner of his lips moving upwards before he covered it up. 

“Um… April is not a regular kid… she’s been abused! And… her behaviour is… very confusing... I want her to open up… I want her to tell me what happened to her!” I said while choosing my words very carefully as his eyes stared at me closely. 

“But… all the rules you created… can suffocate her… she can’t be free and… I’m concerned about her!” I said while lowering my head while looking down at my lap. 

“Her behaviour?” He asked making me look up at his eyes, I noticed a spark of interest in them and I swallowed before opening my mouth,  

“She behaves strangely sometimes… she doesn’t talk or respond to what I say… she hid under my bed in the morning when I walked into my room… to wake her up… she’s always scared and always on the edge… it’s sad to witness this...such an adorable child in such condition,” I said with sadness evident on my face. 

His eyes stared into mine, there was some kind of emotion in them that I can’t understand, his eyebrows furrowed as if something was confusing him. He slowly raised his hand and touched my cheek with the back of his hand, caressing it, sending electricity through my body. 

“I want to take her to a doctor for check-up…” I said quietly while staring into his eyes, he continued to touch my cheek. 

“Why do you care?” he asked suddenly, still caressing my cheek. 

“What?” I asked in confusion, 

“Why do you care about her? You don’t know her?” he asked while staring into my eyes. 

“She’s a child and… I love kids!” I said with a confused chuckle, staring at him. 

He had an amused look on his face while he kept caressing my cheek and I mustered up some  courage and opened my mouth, “Can I ask you something?” I asked looking at his face, he nodded his head permitting me to ask. 

“Why- Why do you hate kids?” I asked carefully while looking at his face. He let out a sigh while looking at me, “You wanna know?” he asked with a serious expression on his face which slightly scared me. 

I swallowed hard, “It’s ok-okay if you don’t wanna say,” I said quickly, “I won’t ask!” I added while looking away from his intense eyes. 

I heard him taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, it was evident from the body language that he was controlling his anger. 

Oh god!  

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