Alexander looked at me and smirked. “If you’re gonna touch me like that, at least buy me dinner first,” he teased.

An embarrassed flushed spread throughout my body, and I glared at Richard and then at Ava for their scheming. It was their fault that I was in this situation. But neither of them were looking at me. Richard was focusing on the road, and Ava was studying her nails. I knew that they weren’t making eye contact with me on purpose so that they could give Alexander alone time with me.

Gai was looking at us with a worried expression that I wished I could ask her about. Aiden was staring at me with his brow furrowed, but when I made eye contact with him, his cheeks turned red, and he spun back around.

His reaction just made me even more embarrassed. I tried to sit up straight, but Alexander leaned his mouth down to whisper in my ear.

“Oh, no, you don’t. I’m not letting you escape that easily. Maybe you fell because your equilibrium is off kilter. It will probably be safest if you just rest against me so you don’t fall again.” He slid his warm hand slowly down my arm, and I shivered. “Wouldn’t you rather be safe than sorry?”

For a moment, I leaned closer to him, but then I remembered how complicated everything was between us and that there were four other people in the car who could easily look back and see our close embrace.

I broke free of his arms as my embarrassment increased. I cleared my throat and smoothed my shirt, trying my best to seem nonchalant, but I

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well aware that I wasn’t pulling

Ava was watching us with wide, excited eyes. My teeth gritted at the fact that she had a front row seat to


see that her neck was red. Why did she seem so upset today? Maybe it had nothing to do with

his laughter, but I could see that his shoulders were shaking as he

expression and was sinking low into

ride, I silently cursed Ava and Richard and fantasized ways that I could get them

forests, horses, and cows grazing in green fields and tall mountains, Alexander stayed

the window, grateful for the silence, giving

I knew, someone was gently

opened as I sat up and looked

asleep,” Alexander explained, his warm hand

that I’d ever seen. When I stepped out onto the vibrant green grass,

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