ROSES POV
"Did the call make you feel better, Angel?" Alex asked, stretching out his hand to take his phone back.
I hesitated for a moment before nodding. "Yes… I think it did," I replied, though confusion still lingered in my mind. At least I was grateful that Alice was okay and not in some form of danger, as I had feared yesterday. Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me because of all the stress and the splitting headache I was having, I added.
“Yes baby, that is what I think too”, Alex agreed instantly while getting up from the chair to sit close to me on the bed to assist me lay down properly. I think you have been really stressed out as he fixed my head to rest comfortably on his thighs, giving me slow strokes on my hair.
I wanted to resist—wanted to argue that I needed to see Ali
