I sobbed as I moved my legs as fast as I could. My limbs were burning from running so much, and my pounding head and heart was screaming at me to stop.
But I didn't care. I didn't care if I felt like my feet were about to catch fire. All I cared was getting away from HIM.
Just as I was about to reach the gates, however, I felt something grab the back of my shirt. In the blink of an eye, I was yanked towards the ground, my hands soon pinned above my head. I cried out as my head hit the hard surface painfully, not even needing to open my teary eyes to see his figure looming over me. Tears rolling down my face from my squeezed eyes, I yelled out desperately as I struggled to break free.
"P-please!! J-just Let me g-go! I don't wa-want this!"
I felt my wrists getting squeezed against the ground stronger, making me wince and let out a whimper. I shook on the ground in fear as I slowly opened my eyes. My tearful vision made his face blurry, but that didn't stop me from seeing how he was staring right into my teary eyes with his own, gleaming ones.
"I'm sorry, Dayeon. But I can't let you go."
His voice husky, deep. Rough as always, but still had that mysterious softness in it. He rubbed my wrists with his thumb, still holding them against the ground above my head. I saw him leaning his face down closer to mine, making me squeeze my eyes back again. I let out a scared shudder when I felt his breath feather against my nose, his voice sending chills down my spine.
"You've found a place in my mind. Now you must stay in it."
As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother.
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Dallas and Drayton are planning their wedding, talking babies and learning how to navigate life in LA now that Drayton is a hotshot football player in the big leagues. Meanwhile, Spencer and Nathan are back at home in Colorado, coming to terms with their feelings for one another and learning how to co-parent with Grayson, the father of Spencer's daughter. Will the realities of adult life strengthen them - or will their relationships break?
[Sequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me]
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