I Bet It Will Hurt!

— Don’t even come near me! — I clench my fists and stare straight at the hated rich boy.

— And what will happen? — he smirks.

— You’ll see!

With one elusive movement, he’s suddenly beside me and grips my chin tightly.

— You won’t wriggle out of me, doll.

I bend my knee.

— Bet it’ll hurt?

— You’ll be the one who hurts— — a short, throaty laugh, — when I leave you.

❃❃❃❃❃❃

Arthur Uvarov set his sights on me. He won’t let me breathe, he stalks me everywhere. But I understand that we live in different worlds, and nothing good can come from our relationship.

And exactly! The very first collision ends in tragedy.

But Arthur doesn’t give up, and a year later we meet again…