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"She can go home after the IV drop is done," the nurse said before leaving Alex and Juliet alone... "I told you I was fine," Juliet muttered under her breath. She felt better and less shaken up than before... Alex had almost carried her into the emergency room when they got to The hospital she had to persuade him not to... She still had that thought at the back of her mind. Was it really just an accident or incident? Maybe the driver lost control and panicked when they almost hit her... "Have you called the police?" She asked Alex, who was sitting beside her and had his eyes on her like she would disappear at any second... "Yes, they will find out who it was," He lied. He had asked Patrick to find out who it was instead... "I would like to go home now, since I'm not seriously done... it's almost done. " She gestured at the Iv drip... Alex glanced at it and then at her... he would prefer if she just rested a bit here... "Maybe you should rest a bit," A suggested, but she shook her head... She wasn't a fan of hospitals, and she could also tell he wasn't a fan either because of the look he had on when the nurse was trying to get the drip in... He was afraid to needles... but she was too shaken up to laugh about it... She stood up and took the drip out of hand, making him worried... "Are you going to drive me home or should I go home myself?" She said so he wouldn't try to persuade her to rest here... He stood up and sighed deeply... They arrived at her house faster than expected, and Alex was out of the car immediately and fast to help her get out... "I can walk on my own," She said to him, but he seemed to ignore her words. he made sure to help her to her front door... Juliet sighed deeply and was about to take her keys out of her purse when she realised she had forgotten it in his car... Before she could even tell him he was already walking back to his car... Her eyes were on him as he took her purse out of his car and walked back to where he was standing... Her heart started to race in her chest, and she realised her feelings for him kept increasing... "Do you want to come in?" She asked after unlocking her front door, and he nodded and followed her in... Juliet heart raced as she switched on the light of her living room and turned to look at him... she ended up bumping right into his chest because of her close he was standing right behind on her... and time seemed to freeze when she looked up at him and their eyes met... Juliet swallowed her heart racing like crazy... His hand slowly caressed her face, and juliet closed her eyes when her heart started to race like it was going to explode out of her chest... His touch was like a flame on her skin, but a good kind of flame... Her heart melted like butter when her eyes fluttered open... The way he stared at her... it made her feel... it was hard for her to put it in words... But he ignited her whole body in a way with just a look, and she knew she was falling for him more and more every single day... he slowly retracted his hand, and she could finally breathe again... A spark started to erupt between the both of them, and Alex eyes trailed from her eyes to her nose and then...her lips... Alex hesitated and forced himself to look away... she was way too tempting, and he didn't know how long he could hold himself back, but what she said next seemed to shake his resolve... "Why do you make me feel this way and then...you change?" Juliet blurted out, not able to take whatever their relationship was anymore... She had no idea what it was leading, and she wanted it to lead to something... she wanted him to be straightforward with her... Did he like her or not... She sighed deeply when he just stared at her and said nothing. he couldn't just make her feel like her heart would burst right off her chest and act like he didn't do that... "What is it that you want from me, Alex..." She said in a low voice and her eyes locked his... Alex swallowed and fisted his hand... He wanted more with her... he wanted to hold her in his arms and kiss her till they were both breathless... he wanted to tell her that his heart was racing like crazy just by being near to her... He wanted to tell her who he was... He just wanted to be with her... His peace... But he was conflicted... Just the today, she had almost been run over by someone, and he knew it was somehow related to him... He was afraid she could get hurt because of him and it was better if she was in the dark about who he was, that way he could leave her alone and not drag her into his messy life. would she be able to be with him then, could she endure his life with him? could she live his kind of life But the problem was that he couldn't keep away from her... he always found himself at her doorstep or at the park searching for her, longing to see her even though his mind screamed at him to stay away from her... He just couldn't... How could he say all this to her... He couldn't bring himself to tell her he had developed feelings for her because it would on lly further complicate things... he wouldn't be able to keep his identity a secret from her anymore...