Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 193

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I freeze.

Mr. Adams leans against the bar, a drink in his hand, a smug, knowing smile curling on

his lips. My stomach twists.

His eyes take me in from my head to my toes, and I blink to clear my head. I feel

like this isn't real, just a dream of some sort.

Because, what the hell is a high school teacher doing at a college club?

It's creepy at best, predatory at worst.

The bass of the music thrums through my chest, but suddenly, the warmth of the alcohol is gone, replaced by something cold. I shiver, offering a small smile.

I scan the crowd, looking for Nikki, for her friends, but the bodies blur together,

twisting and pulsing with the music, faceless in the flashing neon lights. I can't see a damn thing and now panic is surging through me.

He steps closer to me as he takes a drink from his cup. I take a step back, planning on taking another to walk away. Mr. Admas had other ideas. He grabs my wrist, keeping me in place.

"Oh, come on, tell me how you've been."

is so tight that I fear what

I'm here with Nikki and some friends. They're probably looking for me."

follows me, keeping his hand on my wrist. "They can come

in my chest, and I look at the bartender for help. She's so busy, getting crowded by

the noise as if we're just running into each other

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side of the street.

and I look at the

in closer, and the heat coming off of his body has me gagging.

screams to run away. I move, but he pushes off the bar

just asking how you were doing," he

cares.

body going rigid. I shake my head. "I should, um, I should go

I can take another step, he

back hits

Panic seizes my lungs.

me in. His other hand still holds his drink, ice clinking against the glass. He leans in, his breath warm with liquor, his legs

Alina," he says again, softer

making my limbs too slow, my thoughts too sluggish. He never showed any interest in me when I was his

totally out of

Confusing.

heard