NovelEnglish“Do you want a piece?” | asked, my voice soft, hoping that he would accept my peace offering.
But his face remained expressionless. “Are the condoms that you purchased strawberry flavored so that it can be
like a chocolate covered strawberry?” he asked dryly.
| swallowed thickly. Did he think that | was planning to use the condoms with someone else? Was that why he
was so mad?
“Do you want a sip of the water?” | asked, trying a new approach.
But Alexander just frowned down at me. “Maybe I'll take a swig of that whiskey since | hadn't gotten to drink any
of the wine that Naomi had gotten me.”
That comment felt like a slap in the face. Why was he bringing up Naomi right now? | thought that we had
decided that Ethan had bought him the wine, not her.
“Here,” | said in a clipped tone and handed him the liquor. “You can keep it. | hate whiskey.”
Alexander stopped and met my gaze. He studied my face like he was trying to figure out a hard math problem.
For what felt like the millionth time, | wished that his moods weren't so up and down.
To my complete surprise, Alexander smiled. Honestly, that was the last thing | thought that he was going to do.
“Are you trying to poison me?” he asked, referring to the fact that | had warned him against drinking the wine
because | thought it had been
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| kept his gaze, and just to prove a point, | opened the bottle of whiskey. Even though the smell of gasoline hit
Alexander's face changed. “Wait, Olivia, you don’t...”
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But | was already tipping up the bottle and allowing the liquor to flow down my throat. Immediately. | regretted
my decision as the intense whiskey made my throat burn. | choked and started to cough violently. As | struggled
to take in a breath. | bent down and put my hands on my knees.
Alexander pattedon the back, but | could hear him laughing. “Wow, it’s nice to know that you still have a
conscience,” he teased.
We were back at the entrance of the park and when | looked back up at him to scold him for making fun of me
when | was choking on that disgusting liquor, | was shocked to see any trace of humor had vanished from his
face.
He was staring into the distance, near the pond in the middle of the park, and his entire body was tense. Before |
could look at what had made him react like that, Alexander’s hand gripped mine, and he tuggedback.
He started to run so fast that | stumbled. | hadn’t expected him to make an escape so quickly.
“Hurry!” Alexander called as he continued to tugalong after him.
The anxiety in his voice made my heart sink, and my hands becslick with sweat.
Had Alexander seen Ethan coming after us with a weapon? Were we
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in grave danger?
*Olivia*
Alexander pulledthrough a beautiful flower bed that had a riot of bright colors.
| winced as we trampled through the
vibrant pink, blue, and purple flowers.
Usually, I would refuse to ruin the
park's landscapersratd warlopdt
this adn tne fine to worry about
the shrubby. My heart pounded
against my chest as my mind created
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We ran through the flowers and
entered an area filled with tall
bamboo. Because of the gentle,
sound the barn pop Yakdewhen it
shaped Pre wind, this was a
calming space people could sit in
complete with benches and a
bubbling water fountain that had
coins glittering on the bottom from
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