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I notice her gaze weren't focused on me, it was on something else.

Shit.

The blood .

I had forgotten about it

"You're hurt.." her gaze was wide with alarm, probably searching the source of the wound.

She hurried over to me, her features filled with concerned, she touched my shoulders and face gently.

"Where are you hurt?Do you have to see a doctor?"

"It's not mine"

The moment the words left my mouth, her gaze widened a fraction as she snatched her hands away and took two successive step backwards.

She didn't meet my gaze ,I found myself missing the feel of her touch on me, also the concern I had seen in her gaze

I snatched her retracted hand back to my face , until she looked at me once again .

"I didn't kill anyone ........today if that's what you're probably thinking "

She nodded quickly as she fumbled for words.

"It's not that , for a moment I was just worried that you're hurt, that's all" She tried at a smile but it came out shakily.

Fuck.

I could curse myself for a thousand times for appearing like this and unsettling her , even though she tried to cover it I could still tell that she had been shaken.

"I'll take a shower " I murmured kissing the sides of her lips.

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GRACIE

He came out of the bathroom, then lay down besides, he kissed my forehead but that was all.

I knew without a doubt that he was stressed , he appeared too tensed even as he lay besides me, I kept feeling like he was avoiding my gaze.

I didn't like it.

Just the way he hated when I keep things from him, I also disliked it when he was distancing himself from me emotionally like he was doing right now.

"Are you alright?" I slowly reached my fingers to touched his tensed shoulders and his gaze snapped open.

He stared at me silently , his gaze flickered slightly before he snapped them back shut, much to my disappointment.

"We'll be leaving here soon Gracie " he spoke quietly after a moment.

I knew very well that he was averting my question, he didn't want to tell me and there weren't much I could do to persuade him.

I had waited up for him hours after putting Hazel to bed.Everything had been quiet alright before he left but now...

Did he perhaps find out that I hadn't been completely honest with him?The thought spiked up my heartbeat