Page 65 of Rockwell Academy: The Twist

I feel sick. What is happening here? Luca hasn’t even acknowledged me and I expect it’s because he is concentrating on our young teacher instead. What is it with that woman? I lied when I told Imogen I didn’t know what Jesse was up to. I overheard Frankie tearing him off a strip for meeting with her.

Hiding and listening behind doors is a skill I’ve honed over the years. When you live in a house brimming with whispered words in corners, you do it to survive. Jesse is involved with Miss Sloane and it appears that Luca is also attracted to her and my anger sharpens as I prepare to cut him off—for good.

I attempt to concentrate on the lesson and try to blank him from my mind, but it’s impossible. He’s so far inside it, the only way he can leave is to tear a hole through my heart. I won’t let him break me, not so early on, and so I make my decision based on my instinct. Fuck The Claiming and fuck Luca Romano. He will have to work harder than this if he wants anything to do with me from now on.

As soon asthe bell rings, I’m on my feet and out of there and Imogen runs to catch up with me. “Hey, where’s the fire?”

“Burning brightly inside me, Imogen.” I hiss and she scurries to keep up with me as I head to the cafeteria.

“What happened?”

I say nothing because I won’t give him the satisfaction of discovering I’m bothered. Not that Imogen would tell him, but I keep my business closely protected from anyone. It’s the Majerio way, and that will probably never change.

As we head inside the cafeteria, Cassie calls, “Over here!”

We head her way and she takes one look at our faces and says in a low voice, “What happened?”

“Nothing.”

I drop into the seat beside her and smile at a cute guy on the next table who can’t stop staring at me. It’s not the first time I’ve caught him and if he wants my attention – he’s got it.

“What are you doing?” Imogen whispers as I smile at the guy.

“College life, Imogen. You should try it and never let one guy complicate your experience.”

“You know what, Summer–” She laughs softly. “You may be right.”

She smiles at his friend who apparently can’t believe his luck and before long, they nudge one another and grabbing their stuff, they head our way.

Cassie falls silent and shares a guarded look with Siri, who rolls her eyes, knowing only too well how my mind works.

She nods to Cassie and they stand.

“Got to go, girls. You know, classes, study, life.” Siri says with a cheeky grin and as they head off, they leave us to flirt with danger and two extremely handsome jocks.

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LUCA

Summer is pissed and rightly so. I ignored her for a reason, but she won’t know that. It was necessary because I have business to conduct and placing myself on Jenna Sloane’s radar is my top priority right now.

I hang behind as instructed. She whispered to remain seated when the bell goes. As the classroom empties, she follows the last student out and then returns, locking the door behind her.

”Luca.” She pouts as she heads my way, her skirt tight and the split in the side revealing a pair of long slender legs. Her tits are crammed into a short fluffy sweater and her baby blue eyes sparkle as she perches on the edge of my desk.

“I was hoping to catch you alone.”

I lean back and fix a blank expression on my face.

“Why?”

“Because–” She leans down, her tits crushing against my arm.

“Because I may have something to offer you.”

“Like what?”

“Experience.”

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