Chapter 13


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    Hanhia. Ind moreld Lehredhe


    oth wire she would up in my drinkerpoon my food in the fure And ta makumatni wone, the smugsmirk on


    het my tant pour don’t make me Hen butter. Er Lexiis smiling inamleen while Darin wiegles histor y


    me


    “Llwaung Moddich, Joanna resumes whn throwing onest re at


    m o ry about this and will make sure it over happens agains ‘ firem yet.”


    Aldrich


    Adrich. Thathu. E iL BACHE Ne of this pirl, the nuada to be taught he manner.


    Fengantafio finger on the tablete presses his lips while having a thoughtul precio che


    ech.co


    Joanna look hapetully at him. And she seem to b


    praying with both her handscaped together in front of her:


    Lici, Danny, andre all staring at him in anticipation che


    stares down


    the


    Reagan sighs out loud. “Okay. Onest chance, barna.” Asigh of relief is heard from her while my eyes


    widen in


    disbelief at him. Even Lexi and Danny are staring at hier in


    shock, mot topecting for him to astept h?r. From how he usually cameres her, always thought he didn’t


    lisztelher and


    wouldnt ny time odhani huwhy the tillkowing her bestawy? Dand said thither the time bungte inak and


    that shows how imponiblesha


    # Fius, i hate her.


    Ohi, thank you, Mr. Aldrich.” Joanniveals


    she hop


    inctement. It had the chance to, she would even


    throwhent him and hug him. But she don’t hweihe uto, at least nut with the cold look in his eyes.


    “But this is your michance.” He warns her with a ste


    She nods in understanding. “Til make all your beaktant right away. What will you all be havingi


    “Pancakes with same maplerup on and other.” Daniel is the fire to order, not all that bothered she’s still


    staying Lexi mutters she’s okay as she begins to type furiously an her Laptop once more.


    What will you hawe, my wwiet Heman’s deep voice


    whispers beside my war, but I’m too pissed to even look at him. Why was he suddenly so nice to her!


    “I already told you, nothing.” I reply through clenched


    teeth.


    *Make for us the same as Daniel’s,” He tells a happy


    Joanna, who frantically nods bre going about to make the pancacka. I want to ret?rt as I already told


    him I’m not


    hungry, but I deubt he’ll even ligten.


    Aler she makes breakfasts and serves them to us,


    d


    d harta


    pret podcool. They back with them wyrup drippin dawn it . But I’ll be den bare buching the


    S torm mihingintheon


    “E=”Reponderemonimaudy Butia, tummy admin prolol


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    try tomt


    Ishand look around


    i


    and more parin un look what we hapuhagwantial acum . And umwitongerin the kitchen ist


    had walkedoutate Sondaar dropping down


    sa fare to chopouth prices and bring


    I to my lips with stup dripping


    the


    indottance


    at him without opening up with my ma cred


    my


    chest. He tone me to stay in dictam


    en and


    canolite, dont want to control my petiteil


    Hiset dontsky much, buharebamein


    the chan


    he still holds the fact to my lips know


    I


    continue to defy him, we would


    r


    atha


    sitien.


    and l had to muito school. Also, can feel something


    down there. poking my thigh. My mouth opt quickly inii realized what it was, and I pull the pancake slice


    into my


    TH , Iachten in the butlery


    a nd woulin Aubuquickly stopped-widunha med tanki:


    Chaothartarellem-upim panded | dent where lokeitinnen Emm’s


    p client tout d omacice tacie better than EITH rhymenip yupindi consultarte taste. Soon, the


    p u m p y with my belly full My cup of conta in hurda a continue to fund ma until it we wiped us Hei


    sten much, and wa beginning to lead alignty ambaz o zing so much.


    “And you said you won’t burg termyaputo th with uni darkom na


    my spint. His lood, stil poking me down there, the only thyer


    And right now, his in both glued to myli


    dart my tong


    out to lick the


    H


    o lthe map


    on the annuin in heat the intensity of his


    Ha grans like he’s in pain as he quickly but gently takes


    The out allikspaid ces me on the charbeidelik.


    “I don’t get t.” Liuddenly win the looks up from herptop. “I doubt she’s going to change it you guys keep


    hulling har off the hook And sinchan g one of the


    bauses.” she throws an using re at Daniel, who only


    smilelipichly in return “she’s only going to put more


    dodandameganting in when


    she wint. I


    Tn, you can how she dresses to work sometimesti


    know Lexiis talking about joune, dhe does huvea


    paint. Today though.


    j


    adusest mürednih


    En low I had see her yeuunday


    Daniel huffi, ww.what’s your problem with her Or you jualoushe’s taking your loving brother’s


    .


    inted.” Ledepan, making Dunel poutather, friening Hurt. l.stare atun, binen mm. Linus night. The way in


    addresa ysterday depicts how unprodessorul the was. And leping with her boss makes it all wong And


    yes, you


    g d e night, I aba hate her alo. Peajan is quiet for some time before he stars at me marith a sing look,


    “Let’s just way we had a chance of heart this moming” He smiles mischileroudly with hk you will focused


    on me while i stare at him, confused. What doc tut


    “Im


    averyone dones a second chance.” He finally


    baak way to Lizi, who blinks at him in


    ponse. She


    setins to have notixpected that in wer.


    “You man the hundredih chance.” Lexiqu an


    Eyebrow up at him. His smirk widens in response as his hand


    Once more wake around my way


    “As long as she’s of use, then there is no need to dipere


    of her just yet.” Ona more, his mischievous eyes divani in


    mine, making me think there’s a


    hidden meaning in his


    word.


    Luci Furra h eyebrow she also thinks the time thing until her gue moves to mine. Then they widenilightly


    in realization. i’m lost here while they all seem to know


    mething I don’t. Even Danny was smiring-


    she states at


    watch them all warily, having armused umirks on their face. I’tempted to , but Led sighs belore closing


    herptop


    “I need to get to school. Are youine? She diverts her question to me. I nod, and I’m about to stand


    and follow har when Ragandaspu his hand around my wrist.


    “IT be driving her today, wong as you couldn’t take proper care of her yesterday.” He standao to bring me


    doser to him with harmareund my waist .


    Lexies an eyebrow at him before rolling here and walking towards the elevator. We follow suit to the


    underground parking lot and found Adrian already waiting a f?r us lima grecred Porsche Lexi hops


    into her Convertible while Rennandi take the back wat of the


    Throughout the whole ride, my hand is gripped in Pensahe asionally and yfully kisses on my


    finguni. Il try to iplore him and the surks ilying up my hand from where heks and touches me, but it’s a bit


    hard, I’m still mud and confused about the whole Joanna incident. It blems that whatever reason he’s still


    keeping her for has to


    her ying would affect met


    Heel the limitar churning of my stomach as treat therge school building in the middle of the campus.


    Maybe Tuhouldn’t huve eaten many pancake. But i el motly sick because of the nervousness setting in


    my billy, rember the whispanandatare i red y berday. andi doubt it’s going to all die down today. All I Have


    to do is iparit but can


    You know, I don’t mind un pending the whole day Deather instead of you walking into thut building. I


    mean, the stres you will receive, tha whispers you’ll hear with your werewolf haring the questions some


    might boldly ask you…” Reagan dramatically signas besmsall this. It’s probably all so. annoying. But


    with me, you’ll teluate and justine.”


    I know he’s trying to bait me to skip school and stay in


    his penthouse under his watchty, but im not Gilling for


    “I think it’ll be time.” My vite oras Out ofter than


    intended as i ware directly into the mischievous eyes.


    “Of course you will.” He mumbles as he ys with it


    linypen stillifi his hand, “When do your sses and


    “Probably byur.”


    “Yll be here exactly


    that time.” He promises. “Take


    Ce of yourse and be a bod ein für me will vou” I can


    lou


    the sight warming in his eyes, telling not to try the little stunt i did yesterday. I mod blere reaching for the


    door hund, and he reluctantly list of my hand,


    Lizi is waiting by her car beside Reagan’s, and i walk up


    All text ? N?velD(r)a''ma.Org.


    to her as she waits patiently for me. The Porsche strades


    lot of attention them kids in the parking lot, with some en tal pictures of it. But i can still feel Rugan’s eyes


    on me ewinn through the tinted window.


    “Hey, Levitask, and she stars at me in question. “Why did Reagan let Joanna continue working at the


    penthouse?” I’ve been dying to know the answer to that ever


    since breakfast


    Both her eyebrows raise in surpriaTou don’t know?”| shook my head other in response. Well-lA’s just say


    you


    shouldn’t have let your jealousy show so much.


    Then I understood what that sick bastard war up to. He thought keeping Joanna would make me start


    being openly


    affectionate and maybe possessive toward him. I have to


    eive it to him, though. He was start to have quickly thought


    of that.


    But now’s not the time for that. Now, I just have to


    freedom. I feel suffocated here in school, with all the games


    now slowly turning towards Lexi and me. And I’m caged in


    that penthouse as I can’t go anywhere, and Reagan’s


    Predatory eyes always on me. I need some alone time.


    predatory eyes always on me. I need some alone time,


    outside of all this, and I’m going to get it whether Reagan


    likes it or not. It’s time to show him I’m not the kind of


    submissive she-wolf he wants me to be.


    So with a confident smirk on my face, Lexi and I strut


    down the walkway to the college building,