Assailant [H.S]

Chapter 14

Nora's POV

I'm not really sure why I sent a random man that I just met this morning my address. I'm not sure if it's due to the fact that he's extremely charming or that my face hurts and I could use some support.

Maybe it's both?

I sent the text with my address over ten minutes ago and now I am scrambling to clean up my messy home. Clothes are everywhere, hanging over the couch, on the floor, and all over my room.

Not that we're going to be in my room for any reason, but just in case.

I quickly picked everything up and continuously shoved it into my closet where my hamper was overflowing. I shut the door to hide the massive volcano of clothes and did one last look around to make sure everything was off the floor.

He could be here any minute now.

Suddenly, I heard a soft knock at the door and a male voice, "Nora, you in there?".

I sprinted to the door from my room and took a second to gather my breath at the door.

You got this. Just calm down.

I put a smile on my face, slightly wincing in pain after forgetting that the whole left side of my face was black and blue, and opened the door to see him standing there with a worried expression.

"Oh my, Nora..." He trailed off.

"I'm okay, trust me. Come on in." I hide my lies with a bright smile.

He walked inside with what seemed to be a first aid kit in his hands, "Can I take a look at it, please? I brought this kit with me full of stuff that may help."

Oh, he's so sweet.

"I mean, sure. I think I'm okay but I guess it doesn't hurt to get it checked out." I walked over to the kitchen and sat down on one of my barstools, swiveling it so I was facing away from the counter.

He followed and set the kit down on the counter and looked at my wound with his worried blue eyes. "I'm going to lightly press on different parts of the bruising and you need to tell me if it hurts and where it hurts the worst, okay?"

I nodded slowly and held onto my breath, knowing this would likely hurt.

He slowly pressed his index and middle finger onto my jawline and swiped it across from my ear to my chin. Luckily, that part wasn't really hit so I didn't feel anything there, but my body was fluttering at his touch, my mouth and nose exhaling at the easy touch.

"Doesn't hurt there." I whispered, looking directly at him.

"What about here?" He mumbled and dragged his fingers up higher, into my cheekbone. I quickly flinched and pulled my head away from him.

"Yeah, uh, you got me there." I slightly laughed to hide my agony.

He nodded and pulled away. He quickly went into his first aid kit and grabbed an instant ice pack and a thin towel. "So I want you to go lay down and put this ice pack on that part of your face, but put the towel in between so it's not directly on your skin." He shook the ice pack and popped it to make it cold and handed it to me, along with the towel.

"Thank you, I can do that later. I don't want to bore you since you drove all the way here." I muttered and held onto the ice pack.

"Nora, the ice pack will only be cold for twenty minutes and I already popped it. Go lay down. I'll be right here when you come back." He smiled, pushing me to go lay down.

I sighed and slightly rolled my eyes, "Okay fine, but come with me and we can talk while I'm icing."

He nodded as I stood up from the stool and walked over to my bedroom which was only a few doors down. He followed slowly behind me.