Chapter 270
He squeezed my hand, and my stomach stiffened. Was he implying that he cared about me? That made my mouth go dry. This was getting serious too fast. I wasn’t ready for this kind of conversation with him.
Honestly, I didn’t think I ever would be.
“I…I don’t know if I want to talk about this,” I said and tucked a lock of hair behind my ears.
Alexander’s eyes widened when he noticed that my hand was shaking.
“Hey, it’s okay,” he said and put his arms around me.
For a few minutes, he gently rubbed my back and made comforting sounds like he was trying to calm down a scared kitten.
Automatically, my body relaxed into his, and my heart rate slowed. He put his lips directly next to my ear and spoke to me in a soft tone.
“I want you to know that I would never force you to do anything,” he said.
I pulled back so that I could study his expression. Why did his eyes hold an apprehensive look?
“Listen, I think that it would be important for my parents to think I had a girlfriend so that they will leave me alone and stop trying to set me up on dates,” he said. “If you do this, I could, of course, pay you.”
I blinked at him for a full minute. That was the last thing I had expected him to say. Was he implying that he wanted me to be his fake girlfriend? The idea did seem appealing, but I didn’t really like that it
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felt like a business transaction. A hollow feeling settled low in my stomach. The emotion made my stomach jolt. Who would use who more if we went through this? Him or me?
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