•Dahlia•
Hayden appeared on the balcony at the perfect time. As soon as he spoke out, River loosened his grip on my hand. I aggressively retracted it to my side and went to hide behind Hayden.
He was exuding such a dominating aura that even though I should be intimidated by it, I felt protected in a way. That might be because he was only projecting that intimidating dominance towards River.
“Did he hurt you?” Hayden glanced to check up on me with a soft tone. I was about to say yes when River interrupted me.
“I didn’t do anything.” He said defensively.
“I wasn’t asking you,” Hayden shot River a glare, then turned back to me. “Did he hurt you?” he repeated, slowly emphasizing each word.
If I said yes right now, I was a hundred percent sure that Hayden would attack River and beat the s
