Whispers of Belonging

Archer told me to wait for him, then got out of the room and had not returned since. Wi

se that was full of men. They could be like Raymond, for all I know. He was nice initially but turned out to be the cruel mad wolf who was so ab

ard down. I won't

as precisely what I meant. He wanted my trust to take advantage of me later. "Willow, can I come in?" he asked in a soft

k about it, why did Archer refer t

t was mouthwatering, and I felt that my stomach was demanding to have something in it. It

anded me the tray,

e me food? I am

self asking, conf

o skinny. You need to eat to be healthier, Willow," he explained with a sincere smile that I was not used to seeing

rrassed at myself yet

ou're too small, and there are no female clothes here. Do you mind if you wear my shirt? It's big and will

me with his million dollars smile, which made his dimple

e the shower; you need it to r

ke my leave." As soon as I uttered those words, he was so quic

r someone, and it troubled me that I was the cause of it. "You don't have to leave. You could stay here for as lo

ce. However, it never came. "Willow, can you open your eyes?" he asked calmly. I opened them slowly and saw his

at me. "You thought I

reaction. "Yeah..." There was no point

bad way. I'd rather die than do that," he replied genuinely. "But I need to know why you flinched. Was your brother the cause of your paranoias?" he asked, and I fe

squeezed them gently. "You could te

after me!" I stuttered with fear remembering all the physica

or come near you. Tell me everything after you ta

me? It was like I

d listen to him or run for it. I listened to my heart for the first time in a while,

I was not exaggerating. Raymond used to stand by the bathroom door and wait three whole minutes. After t

oice echoed in my ears. I immediately stood up, grabbed the towel, and warped it around my tiny and bruis

I'll leave you alone to change," Archer

m door and made sure that no one was in the room.

rt and was about to put it on me when the door opened. I froze, facing the other way. "Oh, my God! I'm so sorry,

t want to sound arrogant in his house. "Sur- wait... what are those, Willow?" As he asked, I felt his hand on my bareback,

ked while shift

e, and I sighed in agony. There real

he room without any other word. I put on the shirt, which reached my mid-thighs, so the

t was safe to enter, but I found him right before me, waiting impatiently. "Can we talk now?" He ask