NovelOnlineChapter 0156
‘That was sslick moves he had right there!" Akira giggled, sounding almost like a teenage girl swooning at
her teenage crush. Goddess help me! The hand in which he was holding mine he swiftly raised above my head,
and his other hand remained around my waist, pulling my body close to his, as he lowered his face to mine. Only
causing the butterflies within my belly to increase and my pounding heart to speed up...
"Would that be such a bad thing?" he whispered into my ear, the warmth of his breath tickling my ear. "I know |
certainly have no issues if people want to think the wrong thing..."
He moved his head back a little, so his eyes could look at me, and I could feel his heart pounding against my
own. "Asher, | am just a teacher here." | whispered.
His handsfeatures contorted into a frown, before the hand above my head slid down to my face, and softly
caressed my cheek. "You are not just a teacher, Bailey." He uttered. "You are so much more, especially to me. |
just don't think | had realized it. Or maybe | hadn't allowed myself to..."
His words shocked me. Though, as he spoke, a phone vibrated within his pocket, and it caused him to jump a
little, suddenly he chewed his lower lip anxiously once more. | was still in a mess after hearing his words. Was
there more feeling from him than he had let on?
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe moved himself away fromsuddenly, the moment between us was gone, as he slipped his hand into his
trouser pocket. "Your keys and your phone." He said, nerves so evident within his tone. And as he passedthe
phone, the screen lit up. It was filled with missed calls and messages. From him. Miles. My sister had given him
my number, and he was back in touch. Something was making him angry, and he felt the need to take it out on
me, like he always had. But, what botheredmore, was if these were here now, most of them were there when
Asher picked up my phone. That meant he may have seen them.
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| looked up at him, but he was avoiding my gaze, only confirming my worst fears. | needed to deal with this now.
Call it damage limitation, guess. | moved toward him, taking his face within my hand, to move his gaze to meet
mine. "You move saw all these?" | asked, but ensured heknew | was not angry. How could | be? He had been
trying to help me, he would never have known they were there. And it wasn't like he could open them and read
them...
He momentarily closed his eyes, inhaling deeply, almost like he was preparing himself for what was about to
come, but soon his eyes were looking at me, and he nodded. "This is your future Alpha, isn't it? Your former fated
mate? He bullied you? Treated you so bad?" he asked, his voice so soft, so full of concern.
I know | had done all | could to hide this from people, but right now, with how Asher was speaking to me, | felt a
need to be honest. He had opened up tobefore. Been honest. Did he not deserve the sfrom me? And as
I nodded in acknowledgment to his questions, I felt his arms takein a tight embrace as he tookinto his
arms, pullingto his chest, makingfeel safe...
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