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Chapter One-Zero-Three: Strangers

“Insult? I haven’t insulted you?”

I utter, trying my best to step away from him; only the feel of the car against my back offers very little reassurance.

His aftershave melds perfectly with his cologne.

I hate how easily my body reacts to him, even without his actual scent to haze me, though if I kiss him, I might-

“No, you have only insulted the woman I love. And I choose to take that personally.”

He responds.

Christ, what a smooth tongue.

“Stay, Alba. I am asking you this as your stepbrother.”

Stepbrother? What a joke!

Even as he voices his request, his eyes are glued to my lips, as if seconds away from kissing me, only he wouldn’t. I know. The parking venue has too many eyes.

"I can’t, Marko...”

I whisper, my gaze also on his lips.

Am I…leaning into him?

At the realisation, I lean further away from him and towards Violet’s car.

“Uh! Violet, yes, Violet! She drove for hours to pick me up, so I’ll stay with her throughout the day. It wouldn’t be fair to drag her around w
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