chapter 3

The guy's POV

I yanked her back roughly before she falls. The moment I realized what she was about to do my heart literally stopped beating in my chest. I couldn't breathe.

I couldn't breathe

Fuck this, wasn't it enough it happened once?

What the fuck was wrong with people? And I say just that

"what the fuck do you think you're doing?!" I growled at her while clutching her upper arm fiercely

She looks at me in shock that quickly develops in anger based on the scowl that settled on her face. I can tell she wasn't okay by the way tears stained her flushed cheeks.

The first moment I looked at her it was like someone electrified me. I've never seen a girl that beautiful in my life. She looked pure and innocent like a flower that was placed in a desert or the wrong place.

I was so mesmerizing by the way her light ash blond hair had loose strands that framed her face along with the bangs that almost touched her eyelids. Her rosy pink cheeks and her lush full lips adorned and complemented her pale skin.

I was confused when she didn't try to push me away. No, she just surrendered in my hold. When she opened her eyes I was stunned by her bottomless gunmetal blue eyes. What troubled me though was the way her eyes looked sad and depressed. It actually worried me.

Her look at me made me uncomfortable. It looked like she was staring right through me. She must have noticed my red eyes. It was a mistake to come here.

Or so I thought.

The second I saw her walking to the edge I felt my heart drop. I acted on an instinct the moment I realized what she was actually going to do.

"what the hell is your problem?" she snapped back and tried to remove my grip on her.

"are you crazy?" I said but I knew it was the wrong thing to say to a suicidal person.

I quickly back tracked "I am sorry I mean are you okay?" I say more gently this time and loosen my grip not to hurt her but not enough that she can move again if she wanted to.

"I want to leave...I hate it here.. I want to join them...let me go" she tried to claw at my hand ,but I didn't budge. She was crying freely and thrashing at me. I looked at her not knowing what to do.

I can't make the same mistake again.

Not again I thought hard feeling my heart hammer in my chest.

"please," I start gently "whatever it is it will be okay nothing ever deserves what you're going to do" I plead with her. I feel my eyes burn with unshed tears, but I blink them back. She stops moving and looks at me with those hunted eyes.

Her lips quiver and she turn away from me. She brings her small hands up to her eyes to rub her own tears. She turns back to me and comes closer. I tense, not used to anyone coming this close without asking them to , and brings her hands to clutch my face gently. She gently wipes away a tear that managed to slip from me. I hold my breath and look down at her, she reached my chest when she was standing this close.

I hover above her and my arms involuntarily come around her and bring her closer. I hug her like her life depended on it. Which is half true. I rest my cheek on her head and take a deep breath loving how her vanilla and sandalwood scent manage to make my heart beats calm down.

Her arms came around my back and squeezed my gently. Her head resting on my chest and her eyes closed.

"come with me" I found my mouth saying before I could even think about it.

"what?!" she said startled and pushed away from me.

"come with me for a few days or weeks," I started, "you're not okay I can help"

She looked at me in disbelief and then chucked darkly

"yea right," she moved to walk past me, but I held her wrist "I don't even know you"

"my name is Ezra Jacobson" I tell her and wait for any recognition in her eyes. When she doesn't say anything. I lower the mask on my face. Maybe that will make her recognize me.

But she looks confused

"why do you sound like you're waiting for something?" she tilts her head and stares at me intently.

"I am not" I say deciding that it's better for now.

"listen....Ezra," she starts and the way my name rolls of her lips sends a shiver through me "I appreciate your offer I really do ,but you're still a stranger which means someone you don't know which also means it's dangerous" she says sarcastically and removes her wrist from my hand.

"I know what does the word stranger mean" I grit my teeth and I feel anger rising within me.

But she has a point. I feel my heart quickens again and panic that rushes through me at the thought of leaving her alone with herself again.

"listen vio-" I start again frantically not really knowing what I'll say when she cuts me off

"I'll come with you" she says abruptly taking me by surprise. She must have seen it because she completes

"it's not like I have something to lose even if you plan t-" she shrugs and stops talking but it's not like I am really listening.

"thank you" I breath a sigh of relief and I fight the smile that's trying to take over my face.

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