Chapter 53

“Took you long enough.”

I scowled at Jasper. I was hot, sweaty, and irritated. Nobody knew where he was, and I didn’t have his phone number. It took me about an hour to find him in the garden of the History Department, sitting at a table as if he was expecting me. If no one was around, I would have screamed at him, but since there were students, I took my seat and kicked his shin under the table instead.

“Ow, what’s that for?” he complained, but he was smiling, broad and teasing.

“That’s for making me walk all over the campus looking for you.” I dropped my bag on the table with more force than intended.

“Why are you looking for me? It’s not like you.” He raised an eyebrow. He then leaned on the table towards me and asked in a husky, low voice: “Anything I could help you with, princess?”

I bit my bottom lip to keep from yelling and slapping his gorgeous, smirking face. I was flushed, redder than a ripe tomato, cursing myself for getting hot just hearing his voice... And he had the auda