FAZER LOGINLIAM'S POVI stared at him with my brows furrowed.“What did you do?” He moved backwards, shaking his head as he bit his lips. “I'm sorry …I .. it was a mistake,” My expression darkened. A mistake? Noah called the kiss a mistake? The first kiss he had actually initiated. The kiss that made my wolf leap high in both joy and confusion. “Mistake?” I asked and he nodded, then turned around instantly. “I was checking something,” he said and my hands tightened around the hair dryer.Of course he was checking something. Otherwise how could Noah ever bother to kiss me? He wasn't gay and even if he was, he wouldn't choose me. I kept the hair dryer on the cabinet from where I took it and walked towards him, my towel still hanging from my head. “Checking what?” He turned to face me but his eyes were fixed on everything in the room other than me. “I'm sorry. I doubted you. Leela , she …” he paused but I already knew what he wanted to say. Leela. Leela. The fuck it was always Leela. Gett
NOAH'S POV I stared at my reflection in the mirror. My curly hair was soaked wet, my eyes looking heavy. I have been here, looking at myself for the past few minutes, thinking.I wanted to convince myself that I didn't care but for some reason my mind somehow returned to her. To Leela, to her words.“He loves you, that's why he planned it,” she had said. I remembered most of her words and the more I wanted to find meaning to it, the more my head ached. Liam swore that he only figured she was cheating on me and tried to expose her but the texts Leela sent to me and her words say otherwise. I fished out my phone again and stared at her messages.“I know I was wrong but he is lying to you,” she texted then a picture followed. It was a picture of a man. He wasn't old-looking, instead he looked young, early twenties but well built with the kind of look that communicated danger.I recognised him. He was the one who had dropped Liam off at college a few weeks back. Liam had called him h
LIAM'S POV I kept my expression neutral as I stared at Andrew, listening to the footsteps getting closer. The kind of footsteps that tried hard to be quiet. A few steps, then pausing to hear something before continuing. I heard the heartbeat, it was hurried, scared as if careful not to be caught. Then came the scent. I would recognise that scent anywhere. Ethan. He always followed me.The footsteps ceased totally, waiting. I moved slowly and Andrew shifted away, enough not to be seen by Ethan. I reached the curved part of the corridor that folded back into the other side of the college building. Just then, I grabbed a fistful of collar . A gasp escaped from his lips as his eyes widened. “Care to explain?” I asked, my voice tight. Ethan breathing became fast, rough, with his lips pursed.“Let go of me,” he said, reaching for my hand and trying to pry them open. I clenched my jaw staring directly at him, hands unmoving. “Why are you following me?” I asked, word for word, but this
LIAM'S POV The next day, Noah skipped rehearsals claiming he just wanted normal classes. I agreed and Jim didn't pester him. We sat in class but he looked quiet. Dazed to be exact because his mind seemed to be preoccupied with something or perhaps…..someone.“Are you okay?” I asked. It's the third time I have asked today but his reply has been the same. “Mhm,” he nodded, still staring at professor Mia absent-mindedly.I examined his facial expressions for a while but he showed nothing. Just that his face was pale, his breathing was rough, like he was tired and his hair was ruffled. I listened for his heartbeat. It was almost normal except I have listened to his heartbeat enough to know that it was a beat too fast now. “You are sick,” I said with a frown and he turned to look at me with a strange glint in his eyes. “Just a slight headache.”“A slight headache wouldn't make you pale,” “Fuck it, dude I'm fine,” he snapped. His voice was slightly raised and that earned a few glance
LIAM'S POVDid I plan it? Of course I did, but how could I admit that? How could I tell him that I planned the breakup from the outset.What if he asked me why I did it? “Liam,” Noah called me, his eyes fixed on me, brows furrowed, hands clenching the cabinet tighter. It felt like the walls were closing in, like the apartment had suddenly become a bus filled with people while I got squeezed in between them.“Did you plan all of this?” He asked again and I pressed my lips tighter. I stared at him, stared at the way his jaw worked and I shook my head. “No,” I answered, firmly. Regret gnawed at me. One day, all of these lies would be exposed, he would figure it out and there would be nothing I would say to justify my actions. Nothing! But still, a little part of me wished he never found out, wished he brushed everything away as a coincidence. “It was a coincidence,” I added and he chuckled faintly. Then rolled his tongue in his mouth.“A coincidence huh?” He asked, looking out of t
LIAM'S POV I noticed the way Noah stared at me. That disbelief on his face. I didn't look at him, instead I stepped forward, sick of the entire argument. It was supposed to end in a breakup, neat and done, just like I planned but Leela wasn't letting it. “What if I loved him?” I asked again and her lashes fluttered. She pursed her lips, unable to say a word, only pointing at me like I had done something unforgivable. And what if I did? She fell for it and I was not to blame. “He is my best friend. My brother…” the words gnawed at me but I continued when I noticed the way Noah's expression faltered. He went from the earlier shock to understanding. As if I just clarified something for him.“If I don't love my best friend, whom should I love?” Leela stared at me for a while. At a loss for words then she burst out into laughter. “You will never get what you want. You….you will remain a fucking best friend!” She barked and my jaw tightened. My blood boiled as my wolf itched to claw







