Chapter 39. A Chat
SKYLA.
Azura’s words keep replaying in my mind as
I trudge toward Aleric’s office.
My footsteps echo off the tiles.
With the rumours going around, I don’t think him choosing his office for detention is wise, and I don’t think I want those
rumours to get to Dad.
Me and the professor I’m rumoured to be having an affair with alone in his office.
Hmm, office sex sounds hot, and I wouldn’t mind him showing me his dominant side by bending me over that desk of his…
I smirk. Regardless of if that sounds appealing or not, I don’t plan to get down and dirty with him. Not after that talk with Azura. That really has made me see reason.
The halls are empty as everyone is either in
training, outdoors, or just chilling since
school’s out. They’re lucky to be doing
whatever shit they want for the rest of the
evening.
Then there’s poor me, heading to detention, without even a morsel of food to satiate the pang of hunger that fills my stomach. How
sad.
Ok I’m not that hungry and we’re usually
allowed to take food to detention, if it’s during lunch or after school, but I can’t
bother.
It’s kinda weird knowing Kat’s gone… Azura’s gone, Song’s gone… There was a
time the four of us would walk down these
halls together. Now?
It’s just me.
Who would have thought I’d be the last one
left here…
I break into a run, doing a cartwheel in the middle of the empty corridor before I turn the corner and come to an abrupt stop when
I see Rivers walking down the hall towards
“Ah, Miss Rossi.” He says, his piercing eyes boring into me.
“Mr Rivers.” I reply emotionlessly, crossing
my arms.
He looks around the empty halls, then back at me. “Why are you still here? Shouldn’t you be heading for training?”
“I have detention first.” I say.
His brows furrow. “Detention already, Miss Rossi, I am beginning to feel rather concerned with how this year has started. If Professor Arden didn’t stop me from talking to your father regarding the violence
displayed against a teacher, I would
immediately have had him come over.” He
drones on.
Please, violence displayed against a teacher?
Who even says that?
Dumb Rivers, that’s who.
respond, faking a
you need to see a therapist
stare at him, my
Therapist.
Issues.
do not need a
display further
am your
I growl, feeling my anger
my irritation, but
face paling, and he swallows hard.
halls, fear clear in his
bet if he
even let me remain
not be
He warns before he
away.
watch him walk away, my gaze burning into his
scoff as I see him trying not
tail between your
take a deep breath before I turn and continue on my way to
need a therapist. I
I meant to, the
on in.”
see him sitting in his seat. The smell
ask, cocking a brow. The
on in, take a
a brow, seeing his office chair
opposite his desk and Aleric picks up two Styrofoam cups and passes one to me. “Here, I know
nod.
he does, Reign
say, feeling my mood lift a little as
meet before he looks
own cup.
day?” He asks me as he
opposite me.
is meant to be detention,
it at the
a sip of the scalding hot, hot chocolate, enjoying the burning liquid pouring down
therapy, like I’m fucking mental.” My
at the table.
don’t.” He says, almost sounding displeased. “But how can he possibly say you need therapy. He doesn’t know you, not the real you. So,
useless antics.”
“Yeah, I’m fucking done.”
drinks and grabbing my bag. Better get to that
can do your assignment later, and hand it to me
“Really?” I ask.
if it’s a few days late. Just
“We shouldn’t.”
I say quietly.
to figure my own
crosses his face
it, instead gives me a nod and
did you have a bad day?” I ask, closing my
shakes his head, running his hand through his lush locks. “It doesn’t matter.”
can ask me, I’m supposed to reply yet I can’t ask you? That’s not how it works.” I say, finishing my drink, feeling far more
watching him as
answer.
it, will you.” He says, smiling slightly, although I can still
I won’t.”
no big deal but
the rumours about us that are floating
off, concern clear in his eyes as I
those words sink in.
Leo knows.
Fuck, that ain’t good.
Did Azura say something?
she isn’t
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