‘What was happening?’
Jane stared at Alex as he walked from the library door, leaving her inside where she assumed he thought she was safe. That touch... it'd sent fire down to her toes. Nothing about Alex had ever made her feel wanted, or cared for, and he swooped in and changed everything.
Had he even meant to touch her? On reflex, she jumped away from him because on the very few occasions when he touched her before, it didn't feel like that.
She found her seat in the library and pulled out her bag. She didn't want to dwell on the past because she had forgiven him, but the memory banged in her head, suffocating her.
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Jane stared over the book she held in the library, searching to make sure she was alone. The quiet had become her solace over the last year, her safe haven is the li
