Chapter 25: Catching Up With The Past

"What are you doing?" Rowan backed away from Stacy, pushing her back and making a conscious effort not to use too much strength. He hadn't intended for things to go like this.

Stacy looked at him, taken aback by his reaction.

"Aren't you happy to see me, too?" She smiled, edging closer to Rowan again. "It's been so long. I've missed you."

Rowan backed away, all of a sudden feeling a tingling down his spine. He felt the faint scent of Adriana. But that couldn't be possible. She was with Jaina, right?

"Stacy, this isn't the time and place to talk about this," Rowan eyed the omegas guarding the door, who looked straight ahead, pretending not to listen. "But I thought I made it clear when you left that we were no longer a thing."

"But I'm back! We don't need to do the long-distance relationship thing anymore. I… decided studying was not for me. Life in the human world is dreadfully boring.”

Her voice was as chirpy and fake as he remembered it.

“No, we talked about this. I told you