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I saw desire... I saw passion, but most importantly I saw a glimpse of a feeling that even he didn’t know he owned.
And then, the tiny spell broke.
Suddenly, he stopped, arms shaking as he was about to lose all control, while his lips formed into a thin line, bottling back inside everything he almost succeeded in letting go.
‘You can sleep here tonight,’ an offer that I was certain not many received, but as always a sword with a double edge when it came to him ‘I need to return to the club anyway.’
Leaving the bed as it was burning him, he walked into his dressing room, then walked out in a completely new suit, as if a whole day had passed us by and nothing had happened.
The Brax I knew was back.
I wasn’t entirely sure if I was regretting it or not. It sure beat the dragon version of him, but what about the passionately torching one?
‘I’ll be claiming my payment in two days.’
Yup...he was a hundred percent back!
Chapter 18
Iwasn’t going to sleep in his bed, especially not without him present...and certainly not after the way he had treated me.
I just needed to be alone after a night like this, sleeping between my own sheets- not that any set of sheets really belonged to me. Nothing belonged to me anymore, not evenme.
In reality, I was anticipating things to get a lot better for the rest of the night, but it seemed that the first evening spent away from Ferris’s bed didn’t feel as good as I was expecting. Maybe it was just out of habit, but I had an impression thatIwas under thehabitof missing him.
My presence or the lack of it at the Academy was quickly missed, and I was getting reminded of that with every person I met.
‘You scared the hell out of me,’ Jenna hugged me as soon as I set foot into our part of the hallway. ‘I was beginning to think that your benefactor did something to you. I was one step away from asking for a phone to call you.’
‘What could he ever do?’ I laughed ‘He’s not that bad,’ ... I think...
‘What happened? You never missed classes!?’
‘I overslept... For an entire day...’
‘Who does that?’
‘Someone who drinks too much wine,’ I laughed.
‘How much? Like a wine cellar?’
‘I can’t really remember. Four, maybe five glasses.’
‘Oh, you’re right. That is a lot... for a toddler,’ Jenna laughed, after all, she was probably much more involved in the high school drinking games than I ever was.
‘Then I guess I am a toddler,’ I shrugged, heading to the first class, though not without her careful supervision since we were sharing a study bench.
I think that I got to answer more questions than those asked during the course, as Jenna’s interrogation seemed to go on and on for the hours to come since I had the misfortune of sharing more than half of the day’s courses with her. Though I didn’t let her know anything in particular, just small drops and hints that were very far away from forming the complete puzzle. What could I say anyway? That I’m seeing three men, my personal harem!? That I have sex in one way or the other with all of them, though surprisingly, I’m still a virgin!? Highly improbable.
Altering the truth was a lot better than sharing it in this case, so without too much thought put into it, things were going to stay that way, indefinitely. The only thing I did regret was the girl time shared with her. I enjoyed that the most, but now, due to my commitments, I was ignoring it completely, even though she asked me to hang out on numerous occasions.
Yet, she did understand my position since I implied between words that it did have something to do with recovering what’s left of my family.
The hours eventually passed and just before I was preparing for my last one, a decisive hand came from behind me and pulled me into a janitor’s room. For the first few seconds, I was convinced that this was one of Cole’s games, though as the lights went on, I discovered it to be someone much more dislikeable than him - Ace. His athletic body was blocking the entrance as a despicable grin spread all over his hyena face.
‘What’s the meaning of this!?’ I screamed, still with the hopes it was one of Cole’s games, although inside I knew the truth.
