"Welcome to Allure"
Life itself is hard as it is.
It becomes even harder when you're left alone to care for your younger sister.
Shailene will do whatever it takes to properly provide for her sister. And the need to do so places her in a difficult l...
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THE EXOTIC DANCER CHAPTER 039✔ "Threat Assessment."
"Are you feeling better?" Taehyung asked with concern. In all honesty i didn't understand why i agreed to stay and listen. To hear him out at all, i was mad and upset.
Why would he even want me to stay? I was a mess.
Even he looked a bit surprised when i agreed not to go, maybe it was because in a way i was dreading going home to deal with Max, but to leave him alone with Joe even longer probably wasn't the best decision on my part.
I sat on a large white wrap around couch that covered most of one wall and half of the next. Everything within this house probably costed more than my apartment.
Who am i kidding? Everything in here probably costed more than my apartment and everything in it combined.
I was afraid to sit when i entered, afraid to place my feet upon the carpeting. I didn't even feel safe standing on the rug at the front door.
I moved carefully every time i dared to move hoping that i didn't mess anything up. It would take me years to pay it back if i did.
I looked up at Taehyung and searched my mind for a suitable reply. I didn't want to be snarky even though that was definitely how i was feeling. I wanted to tell him of course i wasn't feeling better. A sit down in a nice house was not enough to lift my spirits, it was actually making me feel even more on edge.
"You look uncomfortable." he stated, watching me carefully.
With a nod i replied. "That's because i am."
Without another word he sat down beside me, taking my hands in his. I was tempted to pull back, i wanted to pull back.
Why was he touching me?
How was that helping anything?
But before i could verbally oppose he began to talk. "Shailene it's not like i want to do this but my choices are limited as i said. We just have to sit back and let things run their course." he stated, but i didn't agree. I couldn't agree.
"That is such utter bullshit." I argued, pulling away from him. "Your choices may be limited but you still have choices."
He bit down on the inside of his cheek, letting out a frustrated sigh. "Yes but you know very well that sometimes hard choices have to be made. You have made enough of them." He didn't speak those words to me in a rude way, his intentions were obviously not to be hurtful but it still stung a bit.
