17.

The thumping headache gradually increasing inside my skull forced me awake with a pained moan, barely taking in my surroundings as my eyelids fluttered for a few times, adjusting to the light.

And just as my body lazily turned on a side my nostrils filled up with a discreet male perfume, not failing to notice the burning heat of a large body laying right next to mine.

But only after the first electrifying touch of his fingers gingerly brushing against my bare shoulder all my last awake memories came rushing back to life, effectively making me sit up with a jolt and scurry myself as far as possible away from the monster laying right next to me.

“D-don’t touch me!” I stuttered between the tears already forming, my hands holding so tightly against the blanket previously covering my body as the faint image of him hovering above me all naked flashed before my eyes.

“Julie...” He weakly called out as he sat up as well, my eyes widening in utter fear as I noticed him reaching out to touch me