Alicia’s POVFinn’s lips pressed against mine and I balled my fist, forcing myself to stay still. If this kiss was what I needed to keep me and the Triple A out of trouble, then I would gladly do it.Thank goodness Finn had agreed to be my fake mate, it wasn’t hard to make him accept, he had been making advances at me for the longest time. This kiss was needed to convince the class, I could see the look of shock plastered on their faces and it pleased me. But guilt clawed my insides, I had not told my mates about this plan and I wonder how much they’d hurt seeing me with Finn.I didn’t have to think long as I heard the sound of thudding footsteps approaching us. “Alicia!!” Alex growled and pulled me away from Finn. “Why the heck are you kissing him?” “Because he’s my mate, Alex,” I told him as I yanked my hand off his grip. Alex crossed his brows, he was furious.“No, he’s no–”“Alex!!” I cut him off. He stared blankly at me. I noticed all eyes were on us, I heaved a deep breath an
Claudia’s POV“What the hell, Kinn.” I rolled my eyes, looking at the other side of the car. “Did you have to embarrass me like that?”He was mute, driving his car smoothly. I turned to see him relaxed on the seat, his hands placed softly on the steering wheels. Why was he so annoyingly calm?! I screamed in my mind as I shook my head. I grunted and looked at the other side of the car. “Is my kiss an embarrassment?” He asked out of the blue.I furrowed my brows and turned to him. He stared back at me in the rearview mirror, his eyes dull as he held my gaze for a while, before he focused on the road again.“It–” I paused and sucked in air through my teeth. “It’s the fact that you had to kiss me in my school– in front of everyone.”He chuckled. I raised a brow at him. “What’s funny?” I asked.“Not everyone– you’re only angry at the fact that I kissed you in front of your little ex-boyfriend, who you’re still crushing on.”My jaw dropped and he shrugged at me. “Is it a lie?”I gulped an
Alicia’s POV“Stop it,” Bella grabbed my arm and pulled me off Lucy. “Ali, we’re in the library,” she whispered to my ear. I shrugged her hand off me.“Don’t touch me,” I snapped at her and her eyes flashed, hurt.I faced Lucy, she was still trying to pull herself from the ground. “I still have plans to knock a few teeth off your mouth, so you better start talking.” I cracked my knuckles as I went back to her. Her face darkened with fear, her pigtails messed up as she tried to run away. I blocked her. “Tell me who told you about the arrest.”“It’s erm– Ken.” She stuttered. I raised a brow. “Who the fuck is Ken?” “He– is a junior. His father is a cop and he had gone with his father to work this morning when he saw what happened.“Damn it.” I cussed, then I turned to everyone. “Adrian was not arrested for any crime. We just had a little personal crisis. It’s such a shame that you all don’t know when to mind your business.”They all looked down in shame, some clicked their tongue and
Alicia’s POV“No, you’re not mad.” I muttered. Too low, I wasn’t even able to convince myself. Alex and Arnold picked Adrian up. Alex said, “Let’s take him out of here.’’ I nodded and followed them. People were beginning to gather and before they would start recording, we needed to take Adrian out.We had too much at hand, it was wrong to add Adrian’s breakdown to it. As we passed the onlooking students, I could help but wonder which of these was the Blackmailer.The real anonymous poster. Someone that was crafty enough to fool Miss Selene. Was he a student? A teacher? The guard or the gardener? Who could it be?A chill ran down my spine making me swallow. Goosebumps crawled all over my skin, my heart racing and a throbbing headache soon followed. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. “Maybe I was thinking too much?” I thought out loud. But only to myself, I didn’t want the brothers to think that I was going nuts too, perhaps. Maybe we are going around this thing wrongly. The an
Alicia’s POVI heaved a slow sighed, “Let’s go to her house.”Alex nodded and slowed down the car. “I can’t let Dad know we are taking another route.”My hand touched Adrian’s hand and he paused, turned to me slowly. His eyes were dull, his lips parched and pale. “Are you thirsty?”He gulped slowly, and shook his head. “You are.” I said and picked a bottle of water from the top and I opened it and handed it to him.Alex reversed, switching lanes and I bumped up, the bottle of water tilted and poured on Adrian. He gritted his teeth and yanked the bottle from my hand and tossed it out the open window to the road. “I told you I was fine!!” Adrian growled at me. I flinched back, the sorry I was going to say tied in my lips. “Chill man. She cares for you–”“I don’t need it. I just want to know if that girl was found. I am fucking losing my mind.”I swallowed and turned to the other side, looking at the window, with teary eyes. My heart was still racing from the way he yelled at me. I bit
Alicia’s POVBang Bang Bang. “Who’s there?” I jumped out of bed, sweating as I looked at the door, vibrating from the heavy bangs. “Alicia?”Alex? Why was he banging at my door so early? It was barely dawn. I groaned and pulled my robe over my body before I dragged myself to the door.“Is Adrian in here?”’ He asked, looking over my shoulder. I narrowed my eyes on him. “What? No!” I shook my head.I last saw him at dinner last night. “He was with us last night, but then he went out for some air, right? After he left, I went to my room, I wasn’t feeling too– comfortable.”He sighed. “I know, and I wasn’t comfortable either.” A running step soon reached my room and it was Arnold. “He is nowhere, Alex. is he with Alicia?” I shook my head at him. “No. Where did he go?”Arnold punched the wall as he grunted in frustration. “I should have fucking check on him last night? I just thought I should let him breathe, but damn he has disappeared.”“Please, stay calm. We will find him, he can’t