NovelEnglishAt the very last second, someone grabbed Sylvia and pulled her into a tight embrace, rolling with her off the
street and onto the sidewalk.
All around them, people were screaming, but Sylvia could only hear her own ragged breathing-well, that, and the
pained grunt of the man holding her.
Instinctively, she clung to his shirt, knuckles white.
Sensing her fear, the man tightened his hold just a bit more. "It's okay. Let's get up."
His voice snapped her back to reality. Sylvia glanced up at him, a swirl of emotions tangled in her chest.
It was Rupert.
Or maybe it was her imagination, but his lips looked a little pale.
"You..." she started, but before she could finish, a concerned bystander rushed over to help them up.
"Are you two alright?"
Sylvia shook her head, but the words got stuck in her throat.
When she looked at Rupert again, he was as calm and composed as ever, giving the Good Samaritan a grateful
nod.
Just then, the SUV driver rolled down his window and, in classic jerk fashion, started yelling.
"What the hell are you doing? Flirting in the street? You wanna get yourselves killed? Don't drag the rest of us
into your mess!"
With that, he stomped the gas and sped off, dumping all the blon Sylvia and Rupert.
Sylvia made a move to chase after the car, but Rupert caught her wrist.
"Don't. That's exactly what he wants."
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cbarreling out of nowhere at just the right moment.
That wasn't an accident. That was staged.
Just thinking about it made her shiver. Was this how people tried to kill you these days-right out in the open?
Sylvia backed off, debating what to say to Rupert, when she spotted the college kid from earlier in the crowd.
He was tugging at his hoodie, moving against the flow of people straight toward them.
A bad feeling jolted through her. She grabbed Rupert's hand.
"We need to go. Now."
Rupert glanced down at their joined hands, his voice low. "You're not usually this forward."
She shot him a look. "I'm not joking. The guy who pushedis coming over." Rupert's eyes flicked sideways,
then he steered her away into the crowd.
By the tSylvia cback to her senses, she realized they'd ended up on a nearly empty street.
"We should've stayed where there were more people. Why are we in this alley? There's barely anyone here."
Rupert's tone was cold and steady. "If we let them go today, they'll just cafter you again tomorrow."
She got what he meant instantly. Planting her feet, she refused to go any further into the dark alley.
"No! Your injury-"
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"I'll pretend you said it anyway."
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