Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 193

It's Only Fair-1

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."

pulling my arm. But his hold is so tight that I fear what one wrong movement will cause in

some friends. They're probably looking for me." I force a tight smile,

my wrist. "They can come find

look at the bartender for help. She's so busy, getting crowded by a group of

his voice cuts through the noise as if we're just

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side of the street.

and I look at the

closer, and the heat coming off of his body has me gagging. "Call me Eric. I'm

move, but he pushes off the bar

you were doing," he says, tilting

cares.

"I should, um, I should go

but before I can take another step, he moves,

hits

Panic seizes my lungs.

hand slams against the wall beside my head, caging me in. His other hand still holds his drink,

me Eric, Alina," he says again, softer this

through my veins, making my limbs too slow, my thoughts too sluggish. He never showed any interest

totally out of

Confusing.

heard